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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
The use of 'to + V + O'?
Hello! There's something in a sentence that I'm curious about... Here I have some examples.
1. She returned home early to cook dinner for her family.
2. She made an appointment with a doctor to have her hearing checked.
What are the function of the senteces 'to cook dinner for her family' and 'to have her hearing checked'? Are they noun clause? Because they have their own verb and object, right...?
Thanks in advance!
1. She returned home early to cook dinner for her family.
2. She made an appointment with a doctor to have her hearing checked.
What are the function of the senteces 'to cook dinner for her family' and 'to have her hearing checked'? Are they noun clause? Because they have their own verb and object, right...?
Thanks in advance!
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Anonymous What are is the function of the senteces clauses 'to cook dinner for her family' and 'to have her hearing checked'? Those are called "infinitives of purpose". An infinitive is a verb form, so it can take an object just like the main verb of a sentence can take an object.
- Anonymous What are is the function of the senteces clauses 'to cook dinner for her family' and 'to have her hearing checked'?
- Those are called "infinitives of purpose".
- An infinitive is a verb form, so it can take an object just like the main verb of a sentence can take an object.
- Why did she return early?
- To cook dinner.
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