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Finite and Non-finite Clauses Finite Comes from Latin meaning finished or limited Implies a verb/clause that could demonstrate person and tense. For example: Eats- plural, and present Finite Verb Make the word define, finite verbs ‘define’ the time and the subject Different tense, person changes verb morpheme Verb in present, past, or imperative tense Non-Finite Verb Does not show tense and person Different tense, person does not change verb morpheme Not the main verb Does not express any action Serve as adjectives, nouns and etc. Three types of non-finite verbs include: gerund (也可以不包括), infinitives, and participles (both present and past) Finite clauses: They are the basic subordinate clauses that are the focus of most work with complex sentences and dependent clauses. They have some type of “time” meaning. Non-finite clauses: They are clauses are built around verbs that do not have tense or modality – verbs that are not sentence verb phases. Finite clauses They cannot cut from sentence or the meaning of the sentence would be incomplete. Could use “that” to link with the rest of the sentence. Related word sometimes can omit. Cannot apply comma (,) to separate it from the rest of the sentence. Generally, have primary auxiliary verb Takes finite verb phase as its predicate verb Non-Finite clauses They can cut from sentence, and the sentence meaning would stay the same. Cannot use “that” to link it with the rest of the sentence Cannot disconnect with the relate words Need to use comma to separate it from the rest of the sentence Not show tense, person, number Takes non-finite verb phase as its predictor Four types of finite clauses Two (Three) types of non-finite clauses More Example Finite clauses It was the Sunday that I bought food. I buy food in the canteen. She buys food for Tom. She came latte because she had a meeting. He bought the toaster that was the most expensive. Non-finite clauses I will go buy some food. I will go to buy some food. She’s the pers