Основы теории английского языка. Листунова Е.И. - 68 стр.

with the Infinitive). Philip Bosinney was known to be a young man
without fortune (Galsworthy) (Nominative with the Infinitive). She
had never seen my mother but she knew her to be not twenty
(Dickens) (Accusative with the Infinitive).
     5. In Russian the «Nominative with the Infinitive» is usually
rendered by asubordinate object clause depending on aprinci pal clause
with an indefinite subject implied (íåîïðåäåëåííî-ëè÷íîå ïðåä-
ëîæåíèå), such as — ãîâîðÿò, ñîîáùàþò, îæèäàþò, etc.:
     He is said to be very ill. — Ãîâîðÿò, ÷òî îí î÷åíü áîëåí. The
expedition is reported to have reached the Pole. — Ñîîáùàþò, ÷òî
ýêñïåäèöèÿ äîñòèãëà ïîëþñà. — She was not expected to reply, but
she did. — He îæèäàëè, ÷òî îíà îòâåòèò, íî îíà îòâåòèëà.

                  Constructions with the Subject of
            the Infinitive Introduced by for (for-Phrases)

      In a number of cases the preposition for introduces a construc-
tion in which a noun (in the common case) or a pronoun (in the
objective case) has an infinitive attached to it:
      It is necessary for us to start immediately.
      The relation between the noun (or pronoun) and the infinitive
is that of secondary subject and secondary predicate (for us to go there
= that we should go there):
      «Perhaps it is better for me to stay,» she thought (Conrad). It’s
out of the question for you to go again just now (Voynich). It was
really warm for May, and still light enough for him to see his cows in
the meadow beyond the river (Galsworthy).
      Compare the following two sets of sentences:
      1. The subject of the infini-      2. The subject of the infin-
      tive is the subject of             itive (secondary subject) is
      the sentence:                      introduced by for:
      We are sorry to leave the          We are sorry for you to leave
      seaside so soon.                   the seaside so soon.
      I have closed the window not       I have closed the window for
      to catch cold.                     you not to catch cold.
      I bought a book to read it         I bought a book for you to
      on my tri p.                       read it on your tri p.



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