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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Verb spotting

In the sentence 'Harry was confident that he could go out to play because he had finished his homework', would 'to play' be considered a verb? I've been told it isn't but I'm struggling to work out what else it could be. I'd accept it was part of the phrasal verb 'could go out to play' or that 'out' is prepositional, but could 'out to play' be considered prepositional or adverbial? I need to confirm whether the 'to play' is a verb. Thank you!
  

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'Play' is the infinitive form of the verb. You can consider 'to' part of the to- infinitive are as an infinitive particle.

— Fivejedjon

  • 'Play' is the infinitive form of the verb.
  • You can consider 'to' part of the to- infinitive are as an infinitive particle.
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'Play' is the infinitive form of the verb. You can consider 'to' part of the to- infinitive are as an infinitive particle.
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Thank you; I found it difficult to accept that 'to play' could be considered otherwise! Irrespective of considering it as part of a phrase of whatever description, I was struggling to overcome the idea that 'to play' was a verb.
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