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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>An '''object control verb''' is a [[verb]] which selects both an [[NP]] and an [[infinitival clause]] as its [[complement]]s and requires that the NP must [[control]] the [[PRO]] subject of the infinitival complement.<br />
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=== Example ===<br />
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A standard example is (i):<br />
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(i) John<sub>j</sub> persuaded Susan<sub>i</sub> [PRO<sub>i/*j</sub> to leave]<br />
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=== Links ===<br />
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Object+control+verb&lemmacode=463 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br />
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