33 the former Greenbaum Quirk, 1997, p.373, as shown in the following
examples. 35
a. The only CAR being repaired by that mechanic is mine.
From the sentence 35a, the –ed participle can further be interpreted according to context as described in 35b.
b. The only car that by that mechanic is mine.
Greenbaum Quirk also define that the antecedent head is identical with implicit subject of the –ed post-modifying clause as it is with the –ing
construction. However, the –ed participle concerned is as linked with the passive voice as that in the –ing construction is linked with the active voice 1997, p.373,
as indicated to the following sample sentences. 36
a. The train which has arrived at platform one is from New York. the headword is followed by relative clause, and the verb is intransitive
verb b. The train arrived at platform one is from New York. the
intransitive verb cannot be reduced to –ed construction Thus, there is no –ed post-noun modifiers corresponding exactly to a relative
clause with intransitive verbs. will be repaired
is being repaired was being repaired
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iii. to-infinitive clauses
Unlike –ing and –ed constructions, to-infinitive clauses have precisely the same meaning as the relative clauses. It allows correspondences with relative
clauses where the relative pronoun can be not only as a subject, but also as an object or adverbial and, to a limited extent, complement Quirk et al. 1985,
p.1265, as described as follows: 37
The man for John to consult is Wilson. who you should consult 38
The man to consult is Wilson. who should you consult In many infinitive clauses, the subject of an infinitive clause need not be
the antecedent, it may be separately introduced by the for-device as shown in 37 Greenbaum Quirk, 1997, p.373. It is line with Leech Svartvik that the head
of the noun phrase is the implied object or prepositional object of the infinitive verb 1994, p.346. The latter non-finite clauses could be understood according to
its context. In sentence 37, the to-infinitive clause can be interpreted as ‘The man that youJohn should consult’. It is similar to sentence 38 which can be
interpreted as ‘The man that everyone should consult’.
4. The Explicitness of Post-noun Modification
In general, the explicitness in post-noun modification is greater in the finite relative clause than in the non-finite –ing clause, from which the explicit
tense iswas is absent, though this in turn is more explicit than the prepositional phrase, from which the verb indicating a specific posture is absent. It can be
described in the following sentence as follows:
