1. What is the WHOLE infinitive phrase?
2. Re-think what this phrase is doing. Re-read the five examples of infinitive phrases I already gave you. Also study this: "Adverbs can be single words, or they can be phrases or clauses. Adverbs answer one of these four questions: How? When? Where? and Why?"
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/adverb.htm
Let me know what you decide.
I need to buy some new clothes for the summer.
to buy some new clothes to buy is asking what new clothes. I am saying an adverb again
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to buy some new clothes
to buy what some new clothes A noun
to buy what some new clothes A noun
Whole infinitive phrase:
to buy some new clothes for the summer
The main clause is "I need" -- and the infinitive phrase is serving as a noun, the direct object of "need." See the second example here:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/phrases.htm#infinitive
to buy some new clothes for the summer
The main clause is "I need" -- and the infinitive phrase is serving as a noun, the direct object of "need." See the second example here:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/phrases.htm#infinitive
write down the details in the seating of "how much land does a man need ?"
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