Guest Posted 23 years ago
Grammar
Infinitive phrases, adverbs and objects (Guest:Carlos)
What's the function of the the infinitive phrase in the following sentence: She taught me to play the piano. Is it an adverb or an object?
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Hi Carlos. My interpretation would be that "to play" is the object, and has its own object "the piano". What did she teach me?
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Hi Carlos.
My interpretation would be that "to play" is the object, and has its own object "the piano".
What did she teach me?
To play.
To play what?
The piano.
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John.
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