Using two verbs together to add information about actions
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Adding information about the causes of actions and events | page 2 of 5 |
Using double-verb structures to talk about "positive causation"
The first verb provides information about the cause of the main action or event:
The police ... forced them to sign.
Here is a list of "causation" verbs commonly used in double-verb structures:
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Note that most of these "causation" verbs are followed by the to-infinitive (as in the above example). However, some of them, (those marked with an asterisk) are followed by the bare infinitive:
He made me laugh even before he opened his mouth. (Bank of English)
and some, (those marked with a double-asterisk) are followed by the -ing form:
This album will keep you dancing and jogging all autumn long.
(Microconcord Corpus A)
Introduction
Using double-verb structures to talk about "positive causation"
