Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
The usage of to-infinitive phrase
This is not much time to relate all of the new of the day.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I'd like to know whether the underlined to-infinitive indicates adjectival or adverbial phrase.
Thank you in advance for your help.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I'd like to know whether the underlined to-infinitive indicates adjectival or adverbial phrase.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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park sang joonadjectival or adverbialAdverbial.
If it were adjectival it would be describing a particular kind of time as opposed to some other kind of time. I don't sense that that is the intent.
CJ
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There is not much time to relate all of the news of the day.
CJ:
What about a similar construct?
There is not much time for reading.
CJ:
What about a similar construct?
There is not much time for reading.
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FWIW, the reply I was trying to post while the system was broken:
Presumably it should read "all the news of the day".
I would say adverbial. I find it hard to interpret as "This is not much [time to relate all of the new of the day]."
Presumably it should read "all the news of the day".
I would say adverbial. I find it hard to interpret as "This is not much [time to relate all of the new of the day]."
AlpheccaStarsThere is not much time to relate all of the news of the day.Although I supp
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AlpheccaStarsWhat about a similar construct?There is not much time for reading.I don't know. What do you think? Actually, now I'm thinking that maybe both of these are a toss-up—two interpretations—unless I'm overlooking some key piece of information. Even so, I'm still leaning toward "adverbial" for both cases (to relate; for reading).
CJ
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CalifJimI don't know. What do you think?It's one of those cases where arguments can be made either way; describing an (unspecified) period of time, or adverb of purpose. I'm leading to your side.
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