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Appendix A (all appendices are taken from Fischer 1994a)Changes in infinitival constructions 249verbNPfor past NP NP NP NP wh-/ wh/ pro- hybrid/ sec-␀ to to par- obj. that that (that) (that) how how ifif verb equivo- ond imperinfinf inf tic. adj. cl. cl. cl. cl. cl. cl. cl. cl. DO cal 1 pass. ativex 28 22 10 1[a] 1261 3[b] 2x 2 91 2[c] 11 9 227 3[c] 11 115 1 1 1 1 2x 1 23 31 189 41[d]26x 1 9[a]x41 1 1 4[f]247[a]2[a, g]1 1 4 111 5? 2? 4[a] 4(1)x 2 56x 6 201 1? 4[g] 3x 2 1x 1x 14 13 1 3 1 11 2 2 13 4 16 5[c]1 1 113 1 8 4 8[a] 16 1 2 2 2 1[a]3 2 20 39 (15) 6 26 28 1 23 6 24 4 9[a]x 10 4 (1) 6 24 1? 1 2 4x 63 26 66 3 50 66 3 3[c, e] 1?Notes to Appendix A (cont.)2The count does not include bid in the sense of ‘to say one’s prayers’.3All these examples are marked by an extra causative verb.4Combinations of let and do are also found. In Gower there are fifteen examples of constructions with let do; inMalory there are three examples of constructions with do let.5Instances of to hear of are not included. In Gower and the Paston Letters I have not counted the bare infinitive formhere. This would have taken too much time since this form is also used for the personal pronoun her and the placeadverb here.6The instances in brackets represent examples with present participles instead of adjectives.