Hela Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Part of speech of "to"
Dear teachers,
Could you please tell me if the parts of speech of the word "to" differ in the following example?
He will have to (1) get up early to (2) go to (3) school.
to (1) = preposition, infinitive particle or something else ?
to (2) = surbordinating conjunction like "in order to" ?
to (3) = preposition
Thank you in advance.
Hela
Could you please tell me if the parts of speech of the word "to" differ in the following example?
He will have to (1) get up early to (2) go to (3) school.
to (1) = preposition, infinitive particle or something else ?
to (2) = surbordinating conjunction like "in order to" ?
to (3) = preposition
Thank you in advance.
Hela
Top answer
(1) and (2) = subordinating conjunction. (3) = preposition. BillJ
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