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박희섭(Heesob Park)
Is apocope mandatory for verb infinitive?
"poter" is apocopic form of "potere" in the following sentence.
Così ho trascorso la mia vita solo, senza nessuno cui poter parlare, fino a sei anni fa quando ebbi un incidente col mio aeroplano, nel deserto del Sahara.
Is it not correct if I use "potere" instead of "poter" as like this?
Così ho trascorso la mia vita solo, senza nessuno cui potere parlare, fino a sei anni fa quando ebbi un incidente col mio aeroplano, nel deserto del Sahara.
25 feb. 2016 01:35
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È corretta la frase con "poter" in questo caso.
25 februari 2016
Actually the form " potere " it's correct, the 'apocope' was here only used for a phonetic issue.
25 februari 2016
As long as I know, the 'apocope' (or 'troncamento') of the infinitive is mandatory only when the verb is followed by enclitics ("dartelo", "suggerirmelo", "portartici"). In all other cases it is optional.
25 februari 2016
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