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Listenever Posted 8 years ago
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"He'll keep his pledge to donate 10,000 mosquito nets to charity to help fight Malaria in Africa."
In this sentence, is the to-infinitive in bold a complement or an adjunct of purpose?
Perhaps more importantly, is it part of the noun phrase headed by 'pledge' or does it modify the verb 'keep'?
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listenever In this sentence, is the to-infinitive in bold a complement or an adjunct of purpose? It's the latter — an adjunct of purpose. listenever is it part of the noun phrase headed by 'pledge' Yes.
- listenever In this sentence, is the to-infinitive in bold a complement or an adjunct of purpose?
- It's the latter — an adjunct of purpose.
- listenever is it part of the noun phrase headed by 'pledge' Yes.
- CJ
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listeneverIn this sentence, is the to-infinitive in bold a complement or an adjunct of purpose?
It's the latter — an adjunct of purpose.
listeneveris it part of the noun phrase headed by 'pledge'
Yes.
CJ
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