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Grammar and Linguistics > infinitive
infinitive
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youenglish
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infinitive
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Can an infinitive verb be a subjest or an object of a sentence??? |
26 Sep 2017
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FrauSue
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Yes, in poetic or formal statements. "To know him is to love him." |
26 Sep 2017
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minimal70
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hi it can be a subject phrase of the verb to be, but by no means the object because to be is an intransitive stative verb |
26 Sep 2017
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ldthemagicman
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"To be, or not to be: that is the question." |
26 Sep 2017
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yanogator
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Hi, If I�m not mistaken, "to walk" is the direct object in the sentence "I like to walk in the rain". It tells what I like. Bruce
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27 Sep 2017
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marzouga
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hi Bruce ;I think you meant "to walk" hh not "to like" which is correct of course. correct |
28 Sep 2017
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yanogator
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Indeed, marzouga. I think "to walk" is the direct object of that sentence. Thanks for the correction. I �ll go back and edit it, so it doesn �t confuse people. Bruce |
28 Sep 2017
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