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Originally Posted by whl626 ...the infinitive is supposed to involve ' to ' that is to say 'I am going to write some more posts. ' ... to write .... is the infinitive. Am I right to reason it this way? |
Prepositional Phrase
I am going
to school. (PP headed by a 'to' preposition)
Verb Phrase
I am going
to write. (VP headed by a 'to' infinitive)
I am going + object => to
write. (
verb)
I am going + object => to
school. (
noun)
to write and
to school are syntactic objects of the verb 'am going'.
Compare:
Gerund
I am going
skiing. (object of 'am going')
'to' Infinitive
I am going
to ski that hill. (object of 'am going')
Prepositional Phrase
I am going
to ski school. (object of 'am going')
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