#2 (permalink) Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:53 am Functions of Infinitive |
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It can be used as an adverbial modifier of attendant circumstances: She was driven away,never to revisit this neighbourhood
As parenthesis: Well,to cut a long story short,they thought it would be more economical to live at the villa As an object: I have never learnt to read or write
As an adverbial modifier: Laws were not made to be broken,laws were made to stay within As an attribute: I have not had time to examine this room yet As a predicative: My intention is to get into parliament As part of compound verbal predicate: We must not leave him by himself any longer
Quote: | Adverb (I'm not sure)-He wants me to pay |
Here the infinive stands for part of complex object
Quote: | Object- My goal is to master English grammar. |
Here it stands for predicative |
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