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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Scientists made a plan to take out three days every 400 years.
In this sentence, is the phrase 'to-infinitive' the object or the noun modifier?Thank you in advance.
In this sentence, is the phrase 'to-infinitive' the object or the noun modifier?Thank you in advance.
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Plan is the object. The infinitive clause describes the kind of plan.
- Plan is the object.
- The infinitive clause describes the kind of plan.
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Plan is the object. The infinitive clause describes the kind of plan.
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AlpheccaStarsPlan is the object. The infinitive clause describes the kind of plan.Can we change the sentence into passive voice?
A plan to take out three days every 400 years is made by scientists.
Is this sentence correct?
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AnonymousA plan to take out three days every 400 years is made by scientists.Is this sentence correct?Yes, but it is in a different tense than the original, so you cannot say it is a faithful transform to the passive voice.
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AlpheccaStars AnonymousA plan to take out three days every 400 years is made by scientists.Is this sentence correct?Yes, but it is in a different tense than the original, so you cannot say it is a faithful transform to the passive voice.I'm sorry.It is not 'is made'.It is 'was made'.
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AnonymousScientists made a plan to take out three days every 400 years.Scientists made a plan to take out three days every 400 years.
Scientists - a subject;
made - a predicator;
a plan - an object;
to take out three days every 400 years - an object complement (a non-finite subordinate clause) where:
to take out
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