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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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infinitive to modify noun ?
man's urge to ornament and embellish himeself .
in this phrase ,can " to' be replaced by "of" structure?
or some noun such as " urge" "time" can only be followed by infinitive as a modifier instead of "of" structure?
in my memory ,"way and entrance " cam be followe by both "of" and "infinitive".
Thank you !
in this phrase ,can " to' be replaced by "of" structure?
or some noun such as " urge" "time" can only be followed by infinitive as a modifier instead of "of" structure?
in my memory ,"way and entrance " cam be followe by both "of" and "infinitive".
Thank you !
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word=urge&combinations=combinations&cdb=thesaurus
- word=urge&combinations=combinations&cdb=thesaurus
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"Urge," when used as a noun, is only followed by the preposition "to."
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You can see the information here: http://www.just-the-word.com/main.pl?word=urge&combinations=combinations&cdb=thesaurus
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