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Hanuman_2000 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Infinitive

Hello,

1. She is rather unabashed about walking up past noon on a daily basis.

I have to rewrite the above sentence using the infinitive form of the word in bold.

1a) She is rather unabashed to walk up past noon on a daily basis.

Is (1a) correct?

Thanks.
  

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Sir,

He is a late riser and walks in the noon. It is 'walk' only.

Thanks.
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hanuman_2000. It is 'walk' only.
Then 'up' must be wrong.
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Sir,

The original sentence contains the 'walking up'. I have to use the infinitive form the 'walking'.

Is the converted form correct leaving the 'up' part?

Thanks.
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I must reiterate that 'walk up' is simply odd in the original and your teacher must have made a mistake for 'wake up'. I suggest that you confront him with it.
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Thanks Sir!

One other doubt:

The phrasal verb may have the particle denoting the preposition or adverbs.

I don't know how to distinguish whether it is a preposition or an adverb.

Please could you explain it with some examples?

Thanks.
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hanuman_2000Please could you explain it
The preposition will have a noun object, that is all. You must use your understanding of the situation, however:

We wound up the hill.
vs
We wound up the meeting.
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Grammarians such as Huddleston and Pullum consider all the forms used in phrasal verbs to be prepositions.
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