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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Labeling the function of infinitives
We are trying to label the funciton of infinitives as noun, adjective or adverb and are unable to find information that would teach us "how" to determine the function. We seem to only be getting info on "what" to think. Please HELP!
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Try substituting another word or phrase into the same sentence and see which one fits: To sleep all night is my prime objective. -- Therefore, the infinitive 'to sleep' is a noun. He's a difficult customer to say the least .
- Try substituting another word or phrase into the same sentence and see which one fits: To sleep all night is my prime objective.
- -- Therefore, the infinitive 'to sleep' is a noun.
- He's a difficult customer to say the least .
- -- Therefore, the infinitive 'to say' is an adverb.
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Try substituting another word or phrase into the same sentence and see which one fits:
To sleep all night is my prime objective.
Rest is my prime objective.-- Therefore, the infinitive 'to sleep' is a noun.
He's a difficult customer to say the least.
He's a difficult customer certainly.-- Therefore, the infinitive 'to say' is an adverb.
To sleep all night is my prime objective.
Rest is my prime objective.-- Therefore, the infinitive 'to sleep' is a noun.
He's a difficult customer to say the least.
He's a difficult customer certainly.-- Therefore, the infinitive 'to say' is an adverb.
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