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Grammar
State the functions of the infinitive
1. Their intention is to install the equipment to provide good sound at the concert. (Part of the Compound Nominal Predicate)
2. The sound engineer's advice was to be careful with the new microphones. (Part of the Compound Nominal Predicate)
3. It is difficult to measure and quantify the extent to which any given sound annoys any given individual. (The Infinitive as the Subject.)
4. The music in studio A is noise to the band trying to record in studio B down the hall. The Infinitive as the Subject.
5. Remember that buildings can be very noises spaces. the function of an attribute
6. The task of the City Council is to organize a music festival. (Part of the Compound Nominal Predicate)
7. To choose between these two proposals was quite difficult. Part of the Compound Nominal Predicate.
8. The contents of these boxes is the equipment to install. Part of the Compound Nominal Predicate.
2. The sound engineer's advice was to be careful with the new microphones. (Part of the Compound Nominal Predicate)
3. It is difficult to measure and quantify the extent to which any given sound annoys any given individual. (The Infinitive as the Subject.)
4. The music in studio A is noise to the band trying to record in studio B down the hall. The Infinitive as the Subject.
5. Remember that buildings can be very noises spaces. the function of an attribute
6. The task of the City Council is to organize a music festival. (Part of the Compound Nominal Predicate)
7. To choose between these two proposals was quite difficult. Part of the Compound Nominal Predicate.
8. The contents of these boxes is the equipment to install. Part of the Compound Nominal Predicate.
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1. at the concert," has a noun-like function that mirrors the subject. " 2.
- 1.
- at the concert," has a noun-like function that mirrors the subject.
- " 2.
- This is a similar construction to 1.
- new microphones," is noun-like and mirrors the subject.
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1. Note that there is a linking verb construction here with "is," and the phrase, "to install...at the concert," has a noun-like function that mirrors the subject. This is like saying: "Their intention is good installation."
2. This is a similar construction to 1. The phrase, "to be careful...new microphones," is noun-like and mirrors the subject. This is like saying: "The sound en
2. This is a similar construction to 1. The phrase, "to be careful...new microphones," is noun-like and mirrors the subject. This is like saying: "The sound en
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