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MauManzano Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Infinitive Phrase function
I've been using this website (among others) to study: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Infinitives.html.
It says that when an infinitive acts as subject, it functions as noun.
Is it just a bad source, or am I misinterpreting something?
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html . It says that when an infinitive acts as subject, it functions as noun. Is it just a bad source, or am I misinterpreting something?
- html .
- It says that when an infinitive acts as subject, it functions as noun.
- Is it just a bad source, or am I misinterpreting something?
- Well, the similarity is that subjects are of course normally noun phrases, but an infinitival clause is definitely not itself a noun -- that is just schoolbook stuff, not serious grammar.
- Noun is a part of speech and includes such words as "dog", "house" "Fred", but not clauses or any other elements.
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MauManzanoI've been using this website (among others) to study: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Infinitives.html .
It says that when an infinitive acts as subject, it functions as noun.
Is it just a bad source, or am I misinterpreting something?
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