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Hanuman_2000 Posted 9 years ago
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About

Hello,

1. The train was about to leave.

The 'to leave' is the abject of the preposition 'about'.

I wonder whether we can use 'to-infinitive' as an object of a prepostion.

Thanks.
  

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hanuman_2000 The train was about to leave. About is an adverb in your sentence. CB

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  • About is an adverb in your sentence.
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hanuman_2000The train was about to leave.
About is an adverb in your sentence.

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'about' can be used as a preposition but not when followed by a to-infinitive.

I want to know about your story. "your story" is the object of preposition 'about'.
hanuman_2000I wonder whether we can use 'to-infinitive' as an object of a prepostion.
Infinitive phrases can function as object of preposition.

I had no choice
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