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In an objective infinitive (and doesn’t that sound like something you could get Unitarians to pray to?)
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Donated by Mike B.
5/11/06 @ 11:30 AM
An infinitive is a verbal: half verb, half something else. Among the sorts of way an infinitive can work is as a noun. “See spot run” is imperative: “You,” as indicated in the cartoon is elliptical, as is “to” in the infinitive: “You see spot to run.” As a noun, the verbal is acting as the sentence’s direct object, answering the question “See what?” Scott to run?
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5/15/06 @ 2:25 AM