Nonfinite (Adjective)
Meaning
(of verbs) not having tense, person, or number (as a participle or gerund or infinitive); "infinite verb form".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The nonfinite verb forms in the sentence are the infinitive "to eat" and the gerund "eating".
- The phrase "having eaten" is a nonfinite verb form because it doesn't indicate tense, person, or number.
- Nonfinite verbs, such as the infinitive "to run" and the participle "running", cannot stand alone as complete verbs.
- The sentence contains two finite verbs and one nonfinite verb, the gerund "studying".
- In the sentence, the nonfinite verb "to be" is used as a complement to the finite verb "seems".