Infinitive?
I found the following sentence in an old novel:
"I wanted to luxuriate in this calmness, this rare, unpeopled street of the business district before I lunged into the train and began the unavoidable journey home."
In the above, should the underlined words be bare infinitives?
1. "lunge" and
2. "begin"
Top answer
" In the above, should the underlined words be bare infinitives No. Before I lunged and (I) began are Simple Past tense. Clive
- " In the above, should the underlined words be bare infinitives No.
- Before I lunged and (I) began are Simple Past tense.
- Clive
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"I wanted to luxuriate in this calmness, this rare, unpeopled street of the business district before I lunged into the train and began the unavoidable journey home."
In the above, should the underlined words be bare infinitives
No. Before I lunged and (I) began are Simple Past tense.
Clive
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