Isn’t that how it should be… with an understood “you”? Sure as hell makes a lot more sense like that.
(a) Wrong forum, this is a Cecil column, not a Staff Report.
(b) Imperatives in English often–even typically–have no expressed subject. This helps differentiate them from declarative sentences.
The link to Cecil’s column: How do you diagram the sentence, “See Spot run”?
Moving to Comments on Cecil’s Columns.
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It makes more sense to treat “run” as a gerund, with the “ing” omitted. “See Spot running” appears to mean exactly the same thing as “See Spot run.”
–Dav
No, I think the objective infinitive is correct. Example:
Help Arnold post the link.
Subject - implied “You”
verb - imperative acting verb “Help”
Direct object - noun clause
subject - “Arnold”
verb - “(to) post”
object - “the link”
The verb in the noun clause is infinitive.