Except the pteposition can be followed by to infinitive functioning as a noun?
Thete is nothing for me to do ecxept to read or take a walk.
I learned that after prepositions like except, NOUNS and GERUNDS can ONLY come, definitely not to infinitives. So my question is what is the grammar term for "to read or take a walk" in the sentence. It cant be a noun like to see is to believe.
I think it is adjective modifying nothing the subject (something) supposedly left out. Correct?
Could you help me clarify it.
Thanks
Top answer
I would call 'except' a conjunction rather than a preposition in this sentence. There is nothing for me to do except (that I could read or take a walk). In this sentence you have "a do -echo".
- I would call 'except' a conjunction rather than a preposition in this sentence.
- There is nothing for me to do except (that I could read or take a walk).
- In this sentence you have "a do -echo".
- These are infinitives which optionally carry the "to" — unless you are echoing the -ing form of do ( doing ).
- The r e is nothing for me to do e xc ept ( to) read or (to) take a walk.
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I would call 'except' a conjunction rather than a preposition in this sentence. There is nothing for me to do except (that I could read or take a walk).
In this sentence you have "a do-echo". These are infinitives which optionally carry the "to" — unless you are echoing the -ing form of do (doing).
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