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Guava train 176 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Infinitives
What is the object of infinitive in the following sentence please: We wanted to play soccer. What parts of speech are "to listen" and "to music" in the following sentence please: "Our friends wanted to listen to music." Thank you so much.
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We wanted to play soccer. " Our friends wanted to listen to music. The non-finite clause " to listen to music.
- We wanted to play soccer.
- " Our friends wanted to listen to music.
- The non-finite clause " to listen to music.
- " " Listen to " is a phrasal verb.
- " Music " is the direct object.
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We wanted to play soccer.
The non-finite clause "to play soccer" is the complement of the verb "want."
"Soccer" is the direct object of the verb "to play."
Our friends wanted to listen to music.
The non-finite clause "to listen to music." is the complement of the verb "want."
"Listen to" is a phr
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