On this account, the V2 principle is violated if the finite verb has more than one predependent or no predependent at all.
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Since English predominantly has SV order, it will tend to view as the subject whichever noun phrase immediately precedes the finite verb.
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Only the recognition of common nouns, not abstract, and of simple finite verbs following immediately on their subjects, were safe.
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Word stress generally falls on the first syllable in finite verb forms and on the last syllable in nouns and noun-like words.
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In such cases then, one can take the first criterion as the most telling; the subject should agree with the finite verb.
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The object, in contrast, appears lower in the second tree, where it is a dependent of the non-finite verb.
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The V2 principle allows any major constituent to occupy the first position as long as the second position is occupied by the finite verb.
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In many other languages the infinitive is a single word, often with a characteristic finite verb forms in ordinary clauses or various special constructions.
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The subject in English and many other languages agrees with the finite verb in person and number ( and sometimes in gender as well ).
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This is illustrated in the example below, which contains two finite verbs, one for the main clause and one for the subordinate clause:
