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arwaburhan81
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Help me please!!
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Hello everyone i am teaching infinitive and infinitive phrases. iwant to ask about these two sentences
1- I have the time to study hard. ( Adjective)
2- I am eager to meet my old friends. ( Adverb)
How do the infinitive phrases here work as adjective and a dverb? what do they modify in each sentencse?
Thank you
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24 Apr 2012
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estibenkarmona
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I have the time to study hard.
time= noun
to study hard = gives information about the noun (time for what?)
I am eager to meet my old friends.
(to be) eager = verb
to meet my old friends= gives information about the verb (eager for what?) |
24 Apr 2012
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MoodyMoody
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I disagree. Eager is an adjective, not a verb. Am stands alone as the verb. "To meet my old friends" is an adverbial phrase that modifies the adjective eager, not the verb am. |
24 Apr 2012
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arwaburhan81
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THANKS FOR THE USEFUL INFORMATION IT REALLY HELPS |
24 Apr 2012
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