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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Hi,
I have problem in understanding below compound sentence.

I want to thank you for your contribution to company and congratulate you for your determination to be the best in company.

In the secound half of the sentence (congratulate you for your determination to be the best in company) to be acts as infinitive.I don't find any verb in the sentence(congratulate you for your determination to be the best in company).can infinitive(to be) in the sentence acts as verb?
  

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Hi, I have problem in understanding below compound sentence. I want to thank you for your contribution to the company and congratulate you for your determination to be the best in the company. can infinitive(to be) in the sentence acts as verb?

— Clive

  • Hi, I have problem in understanding below compound sentence.
  • I want to thank you for your contribution to the company and congratulate you for your determination to be the best in the company.
  • can infinitive(to be) in the sentence acts as verb?
  • Let's break the sentence into its two parts.
  • I want to thank you for your contribution to the company.
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Hi,

I have problem in understanding below compound sentence.

I want to thank you for your contribution to the company and congratulate you for your determination to be the best in the company.


In the secound half of the sentence (congratulate you for your determination to be the best in company) to be acts as infinitive.I don't find any verb in the
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your determination to be the best

comes from

you are determined that you will be the best.

The noun determination comes from the adjective determined, which in turn comes from the verb determine.

to be is an infinitive and therefore a verb form, as you have already mentioned.

It is quite natural to follow the a
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