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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
The structure too~to
1. He worked until too tired to do more.
I have thought the structure "too~ to~" plays the role of adjectival phrase.
But I don't know here what role, or part of speech, "too~to" plays.
Thank you in advance for your help.
I have thought the structure "too~ to~" plays the role of adjectival phrase.
But I don't know here what role, or part of speech, "too~to" plays.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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1. He worked until he was too tired to do more . The underlined is a noun clause, object of "until".
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- He worked until he was too tired to do more .
- The underlined is a noun clause, object of "until".
- The boldfaced phrase is a subject complement.
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1. He worked until he was too tired to do more.
The underlined is a noun clause, object of "until".
The boldfaced phrase is a subject complement.
The underlined is a noun clause, object of "until".
The boldfaced phrase is a subject complement.
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AlpheccaStars1. He worked until he was too tired to do more.The underlined is a noun clause, object of "until".Whew! That was unexpected! Is that right? Is this a "modern grammar thing"?
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CalifJimWhew! That was unexpected! Is that right?Oops, no. The entire expression "until.... " is the clause.
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AlpheccaStarsOops, no. The entire expression "until.... " is the clause.OK. The reason I asked is that in some ways that analysis didn't seem entirely unreasonable.
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