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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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To escape
To escape the danger he took another route.
Can one start a sentence with infinitive as in the above sentence? And if so, what is the function of the non-finite clause To escape the danger in the sentence?
Can one start a sentence with infinitive as in the above sentence? And if so, what is the function of the non-finite clause To escape the danger in the sentence?
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Anonymous Can one start a sentence with infinitive as in the above sentence? One can. Anonymous what is the function It's an infinitive of purpose.
- Anonymous Can one start a sentence with infinitive as in the above sentence?
- One can.
- Anonymous what is the function It's an infinitive of purpose.
- Such infinitives sometimes occur as "in order to [verb]".
- CJ
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AnonymousCan one start a sentence with infinitive as in the above sentence?One can.
Anonymouswhat is the functionIt's an infinitive of purpose. Such infinitives sometimes occur as "in order to [verb]".
CJ
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