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Rh Another form of Nominative is a Gerund or Verbal noun ending in -ing: —

Sometimes an Infinitive is used as an equivalent to the Nominative: —

Sometimes a clause (that is, a sentence which is part of a larger sentence) is used as an equivalent to the Nominative. This is called a Noun-clause, because it does the work of a noun : —

4. Enlargement of Nominative. — The Nominative is sometimes enlarged by a word or words that add something to its meaning.

The commonest form of enlargement is an adjective or a participle; and both forms of enlargement may occur together: —

Another very common form of enlargement is a noun or pronoun in the Possessive case: —

Another form of enlargement is a noun in apposition (i.e. referring to the same thing as the other noun):—

Another form of enlargement is a preposition followed by a noun: —

Sometimes a clause can be used to enlarge the Nominative. This is called an Adjective-clause, because it enlarges the noun as an adjective would do.

5. Finite Verb. — Any part of a verb that can be used for saying something about something else (in any of the five senses shown in § 1) is called Finite.

The word "finite" means "limited." A Finite verb is so called, because it is limited to the same person (First, Second, or Third) and to the same number (Singular or Plural) as its Nominative:—

In both sentences the form of the verb "see" is the same.