Available to-infinitive
(1) Funds are available to assist teachers who want to attend the conference.
[Q1] Is to assist teachers who want to attend the conference adjectival or adverbial?
(2) Trees take in a great deal of water through their roots and release this by transpiration back into the air. This helps to keep the air moist. When forests are removed the air becomes drier, less moisture is available to fall as rain and therefore agriculture suffers.
[Q2] Is to fall as rain adjectival or adverbial?
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[1] Funds are available to assist teache rs who want to attend the conference . [2] When forests are removed the air becomes drier, less moisture is available to fall as rain and therefore agriculture suffers . In [1] the infinitival clause is a purpose adjunct (your adverbial).
- [1] Funds are available to assist teache rs who want to attend the conference .
- [2] When forests are removed the air becomes drier, less moisture is available to fall as rain and therefore agriculture suffers .
- In [1] the infinitival clause is a purpose adjunct (your adverbial).
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[1] Funds are available to assist teachers who want to attend the conference.
[2] When forests are removed the air becomes drier, less moisture is available to fall as rain and therefore agriculture suffers.
In [1] the infinitival clause is a purpose adjunct (your adverbial).
In [2] the infinitival clause is a complement
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