章振邦《新编英语语法》Lecture 21教学课件概述.pptVIP

b) After need, want, require, deserve, an active –ing participle can be used to denote a passive meaning which can also be expressed by a passive infinitive, e.g.: This letter needs signing by the manager. = This letter needs to be signed by the manager. Your car urgently required seeing to. = Your car urgently required to be seen to. c) After begin, start, either infinitive or –ing participle is possible, but when the infinitive is a stative verb, it normally goes with begin, e.g.: We began to see what he meant. She began to believe his story. When begin / start is in the progressive, it