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Persian Learner Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Object of direct object???

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I decided to quit smoking.


Question1: Is to quit an infinitive phrase or clause?

Question2: If to quit is the object of the verb, what is smoking? Is it the object of the object?Emotion: thinking
  

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I decided to quit smoking. Question2: If to quit is the object of the verb, what is smoking? Is it the object of the object?

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  • I decided to quit smoking.
  • Question2: If to quit is the object of the verb, what is smoking?
  • Is it the object of the object?
  • It's a catenative construction where "to quit smoking" is a complement of "decided" and "smoking" a complement of "to quit".
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Persian LearnerHi.I decided to quit smoking. Question1: Is to quit an infinitive phrase or clause?Question2: If to quit is the object of the verb, what is smoking? Is it the object of the object?
It's a catenative construction where "to quit smoking" is a complement of "decided" and "smoking" a complement of "to quit".
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Persian LearnerQuestion1: Is to quit an infinitive phrase or clause?
It depends on which system of grammatical analysis you use. Increasingly these days 'to quit smoking' is called a complement clause, not an object, and not a phrase.
Persian LearnerQuestion2: If to quit is the object of the verb, what is smoking? Is it the object of t
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