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Taka Posted 19 years ago
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infinitive

0 01i00An appealing fantasy would be a great conference of the world's nations where, instead of politicians or statesmen, each country would send its leading humorists 01u00to represent it02u00.02br
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02i00Is this infinitive 'to represent it':02br
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00(1) adverbial (i.e. ...01i00send its leading humorists in order to represent it02i00)02br
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00(2) adjectival (i.e. the infinitive refers to 'its leading humorists')02br
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01cite10Taka12cite11i10An appealing fantasy would be a great conference of the world's nations where, instead of politicians or statesmen, each country would send its leading humorists 11u10to represent it12u10.12br
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12i10Is this infinitive 'to represent it':12br
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0 Inchoateknowledge, are you familiar with these definitions?02br
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01i00INFINITIVE PHRASES 02br
00Infinitive phrases are composed of an infinitive verb (the base form of the verb preceded by to) and any modifing adverbs or prepositional phrases. The infinitive phrase has three functions: noun, adjective, adverb. 02br
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00Examples:
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0taka, are you familiar with this:02br
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00I meant infinitive clause, not infinite, sorry. Try to expand your imagination, but before that, learn some manners.02br
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00Now I see I wrote the right
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite10Try to expand your imagination, but before that, learn some manners.12br
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10Manners?? What do you mean??02br
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00I just gave you some information that I thought might help you.02br
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00Why do I have to learn some manners
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00 infinitive clause02b00: a type of non-finite clause,02br
00 with the verb in the infinitive. Infinitive clauses may or may not02br
00 contain the infinitive marker to. A subject may or may not be present;02br
00 the subject of an infinitive clause may be realized as a noun phrase02br
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01cite10Taka12cite11blockquote
11cite20Inchoateknowledge22cite20Try to expand your imagination, but before that, learn some manners.22br
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20Manners?? What do you mean??12br
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10I just gave you some information that I though
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1i00An appealing fantasy would be a great conference of the world's nations where, instead of politicians or statesmen, each country would send its leading humorists 01u00to represent it02u00.02i02br
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01i00each country 01font00sends02font00 humorist ((so as) 01font
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite11a15010 12a12br
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10I was very surprised and even shocked that someone had taken counsel with others regarding my posts 01i00without my knowledge, 02i00which, in my humble opinio
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