[Grammar] meaning of to be here

[vaibhavmaskar]

"the worst person to be around is someone who complains about everything and appreciates nothing"

what is the grammatical structure of this sentence. asking about "to be". is this a infinitive or Verb ? confused!what is "to be" functioning here ? (the worst person to be around is someone).

 

[Raymott]

"the worst person to be around is someone who complains about everything and appreciates nothing"

what is the grammatical structure of this sentence. asking about "to be". is this a infinitive or Verb ? confused!what is "to be" functioning here ? (the worst person to be around is someone).

It's not "to be" that you need to concern yourself with. It's "to be around", ie. "to be close to"; "to be in the vicinity of".
"The worst person that you can be around is someone who complains ..."
"The worst person to be close to is someone who complains ..."

 

[susiedq]

The best person to love is Mary.

person/ is/ Mary

the
best
to love
(adjectives describing what kind of person)

 

[MikeNewYork]

"the worst person to be around is someone who complains about everything and appreciates nothing"

what is the grammatical structure of this sentence. asking about "to be". is this a infinitive or Verb ? confused!what is "to be" functioning here ? (the worst person to be around is someone).

The phrase "to be around" is an infinitive phrase. The phrase is acting as an adjective, which is modifying the noun "person".

 

[vaibhavmaskar]

thanks all of you guys.

 

[Rover_KE]

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