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Jigneshbharati Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

To action

an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/instinct
Is "to action" an infinitive verb or a preposition plus noun? How do we confirm this grammatical form in the above?
  

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Jigneshbharati Is "to action" an infinitive verb or a preposition plus noun? preposition plus noun Jigneshbharati How do we confirm this grammatical form in the above? Consult dictionaries.

— CalifJim

  • Jigneshbharati Is "to action" an infinitive verb or a preposition plus noun?
  • preposition plus noun Jigneshbharati How do we confirm this grammatical form in the above?
  • Consult dictionaries.
  • In most of them 'action' is not listed as a verb, only as a noun.
  • Besides, almost all words that end in -tion are nouns.
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JigneshbharatiIs "to action" an infinitive verb or a preposition plus noun?

preposition plus noun

JigneshbharatiHow do we confirm this grammatical form in the above?

Consult dictionaries. In most of them 'action' is not listed as a verb, only as a noun. Besides, almost all words that end in -tion are nouns

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Jigneshbharatipreposition plus noun

This one.

JigneshbharatiHow do we confirm this grammatical form in the above?

"Action" is not a verb in any ordinary use.

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