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From: jcf@world.std.com (Joseph C Fineman)
Subject: Re: Russian accusative with infinitive
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Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 23:03:04 GMT
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jon@amito (Jonathan Ryshpan) writes:

>This native English speaker is bewildered by the construction.  The forms
>are irregular:
>	I let him sing.
          And:  He was let sing.
          But:  I allowed him to sing.
>	I heard him sing.
          But:  He was heard to sing.
>	I asked him to sing.
          And:  He was asked to sing.
>	I wanted him to sing.
          But not:  *He was wanted to sing (except in another sense).

Yup.  It's weird.
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