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Tkacka15 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

To work

He has gone to work in Italy.

Is "to work" an infinitive or a prepositional phrase in the above sentence?
  

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I would say it's a prepositional phrase. For 'an infinitive' to make sense, the sentence would need 'to' instead of 'in'. He has gone to work to Italy.

— Ivanhr

  • I would say it's a prepositional phrase.
  • For 'an infinitive' to make sense, the sentence would need 'to' instead of 'in'.
  • He has gone to work to Italy.
  • or if we rearrange the sentence He has gone to Italy to work.
  • Note that 'He has gone in Italy to work' is not correct.
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I would say it's a prepositional phrase. For 'an infinitive' to make sense, the sentence would need 'to' instead of 'in'.

He has gone to work to Italy.

or if we rearrange the sentence

He has gone to Italy to work.

Note that 'He has gone in Italy to work' is not correct.

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Thank you for your reply.
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Ivanhr For 'an infinitive' to make sense, the sentence would need 'to' instead of 'in'.He has gone to work to Italy.
I don't agree. These all sound find to me:

He is going to work in Italy next month.
He is going to Italy to work.
He is going to work in Italy
He has gone to Italy to work.

This one sound
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fivejedjonIvanhr For 'an infinitive' to make sense, the sentence would need 'to' instead of 'in'.He has gone to work to Italy.I don't agree. These all sound find to me:
My statement was directed only at the original sentence.
fivejedjonThis one sounds unnatural to me: He has gone to work to Italy.
To me, this one means exac
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"He has gone to work to Italy" doesn't seem to be a correct sentence to me.
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