D-11.12 (Re)Notice, Analyze & Utilize Causatives, Gerunds (After Prepositions & Certain Verbs), Infinitives vs Gerunds with Similar and/or Different Meanings

Part Four of Chapter 2 (“the Body”), pages 40-41 +  Parts Two, Three & Four of Chapter 8 (“Home & Family Life”), pages 135-145  of WorkLife English Grammar 4: Cross-Cultural Communication. 13 pages Who It’s For: (Teachers & Helpers of) Advancing Language Refiners With “Academic / Analytical Bent” for Constructing Effective Prose with Seasoned Grammar Why It’s Useful: Verbally or in writing, grammar architects may improve what they say by applying verbals or other verb-related grammar patterns to multi-leveled scaffolding.  Here are a few Lessons built up to be a little different or somewhat more fortified. They cover “Causatives” (let, make, force, get, help), verbs that serve to state what a subject “causes” to happen.  Then there are “Gerunds After Prepositions & Certain Verbs,” which offers specialized Phraseology. The last two sections compare uses of Gerunds vs. Infinitives that have both equivalent and/or different meanings What You’ll Do:  [1] Use the two-