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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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" infinitive" or "preposition"
Ok ,she lived to be 100, the "to" in this sentence is an" infinitive" or "preposition"?
can it be converted in to the following two sentence?
she lived to being 100 .
she lived to 100. (prep)
Thanks.
can it be converted in to the following two sentence?
she lived to being 100 .
she lived to 100. (prep)
Thanks.
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Anonymous ,she lived to be 100, the "to" in this sentence is an" infinitive" or "preposition"? An infinitive. she lived to 100.
- Anonymous ,she lived to be 100, the "to" in this sentence is an" infinitive" or "preposition"?
- An infinitive.
- she lived to 100.
- No for the first; yes for the second.
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Anonymous,she lived to be 100, the "to" in this sentence is an" infinitive" or "preposition"?An infinitive.
Anonymouscan it be converted in to the following two sentence?she lived to being 100 .she lived to 100.No for the first; yes for the second.
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AnonymousOk ,she lived to be 100, the "to" in this sentence is an" infinitive" or "preposition"?If the "to" were a preposition, the following verb would have to be in its -ing form, and it's not, so "to" is not a preposition here.
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