A bit new to-infinitive

I don't see the problem, sorry. Could you be more specific? These are common structures:

She was mortified to realize that...

He was unhappy to discover that...

They were delighted to be told that...

I was disheartened to find that...

etc, etc.

Thank you.

This comes a lot easier with other examples.

I thought '~ mortified to realize~' is a little strange structure to me. But this gets clearer with your examples.

moon7296She was mortified to realize he had heard every word she said.

I may be wrong but I think your difficulties probably arise from the fact that you don't have the same structure in your native language. The infinitive is often used instead of a complete clause and many non-native grammarians call these structures clause equivalents. You example has been

Hi, CB.

Wow, I'm so thankful that I don't know what to say!

Yeah that's the answer I may've wanted.

I think this use of to-infinitive is not listed in middle and high school grammar (need to check )

moon7296I think this use of to-infinitive is not listed in middle and high school grammar (need to check )

Look for the terms "clause equivalents" and "reduced clauses" as well. This special use of the infinitive may be listed under those headings.

CB

moon7296She was mortified to realize he had heard every word she said.


I feel quite strange with the to-infinitive in the sentence.

Q1) How do you interpret it?

Q2) Is there another example having the same function of to-infinitive?

Hi,

What you need is a good grammar book where topics such as "Adjectives + infinitives"