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MountainHiker Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Part of a sentence

Hi,

For some reason my brain is freezing up on me.

To prepare for writing a paper, I began compiling a list of quotes.

What is the italicized portion referred as?

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Top answer

Hello MH I'm afraid this posting is like teaching Buddhism to Buddha. But allow me to write my opinion. To prepare for writing a paper, I began compiling a list of quotes.

— Paco2004

  • Hello MH I'm afraid this posting is like teaching Buddhism to Buddha.
  • But allow me to write my opinion.
  • To prepare for writing a paper, I began compiling a list of quotes.
  • This is a sentence made by moving with emphatic purpose 'to prepare for writing a paper' in: I began compiling a list of quotes (in order) to prepare for writing a paper.
  • Syntactically it could be analyzed as; {I} {[began compiling a list of quotes] [to prepare for writing a paper]} 'To prepare for writing a paper' works here as an adjunctive (purpose-adverbial) to 'began compiling a list of quotes'.
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Hello MH

I'm afraid this posting is like teaching Buddhism to Buddha. But allow me to write my opinion.

To prepare for writing a paper, I began compiling a list of quotes.

This is a sentence made by moving with emphatic purpose 'to prepare for writing a paper' in:
I began compiling a list of quotes (in order) to prepare for writing a pape
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Paco2004,
'To prepare for writing a paper' works here as an adjunctive (purpose-adverbial) to 'began compiling a list of quotes'.


Thank you. That is exactly what I was looking for.
This is my humble opinion, but I'm afraid it might not be what you want to know.


You've answered my question very well.

Thank
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