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Noun:
*To raise all flags was mandatory in England the day after the Queen´s death.
*To dedicate her whole life to the Nation was Elizabeth´s purpose.

Adverb:
*Prince Charles waited four days to become King.
*The reporters had to receive the official news to announce the Queen's death.

Adjective:
*Many people wanted to accompany the Queen during the funeral.
*The place to bury the Queen was Windsor Castle

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As a noun:

- To devote her whole life to the Crown was Queen's Elizabeth main goal.
- Operation London Bridge means the House of Windsor and the Palace to go into super overdrive.

As an adjective:

- The man to replace Queen Elizabeth immediately after her death is her son, Charles.
- The ceremonies to honour the Queen's decease will last ten days until her burial.

As an adverb:

- After the Queen's death, all the BBC's anchors will wear black to show their respects.
- Thousands of dignitaries from all over the world will gather in Scotland to attend the funerals.

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As a Noun:
1. Prince Charles had inmediately to become King of England. CHECK this sentence, please.
2. To visit the Queen is a great expectation for half a million of people.

As an adjective:
1. The first person to inform the death of the Queen is the Prime Minister.
2. One of the way to inform the death is to activate an emergency alarm.

As an adverb:
1. The private secretary called the Prime Minister to announce the death of the Queen.
2. A man dressed in black will hang a sign outside Buckingham Palace to sport the message.

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Infinitive as nouns:
- To believe that Charles will fit in his mother's shoes is senseless.
- Queen Elizabeth the II wanted to make Charles wife, Camila, to be the new Queen.

Infinitive as ADJECTIVE:
- The Queen's funeral will be hard to assist.
- There are still many rituals to complete before The Queen can be buried.

Infinitive as ADVERB:
-The Devil will be pleased to greet Queen Elizabeth when he sees her arrive.
- The people that care about the monarchy have time to say goodbye and mourn before the queen is buried.

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INFINITIVE AS A NOUN

→ To Charles becomes officially King, Queen Elizabeth II had to die.

→ To clean and funeral preparation, Westminster Hall will be closed.

INFINITIVE AS AN ADJECTIVE

→ “London Bridge is down” is a way in which the death of the Queen has been communicated to begin the plan for what happens next.

→ The death of Queen Elizabeth is an important day to remember.

INFINITIVE AS AN ADVERB

→ All the flags will be lowered to half-staff and bells will toll to show respect.

→ Four days after her death, there will be a procession to honor her.

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Definition

In English grammar, an infinitive phrase is a verbal construction made up of the particle to and the base form of a verb, with or without modifiers, complements, and objects. Also called an infinitival phrase and a to-infinitive phrase.

An infinitive phrase can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb, and it can appear in various places in a sentence.

Examples and Observations

The only way to never fail is to never attempt anything.

"To laugh is to live profoundly."(Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, 1979)

"The specific images presented on film are often hard to remember in the same way that dreams are hard to remember."(J. F. Pagel, The Limits of Dream. Academic Press, 2008)

"[N]ot everyone has the same ability to remember dreams."(Peretz Lavie, The Enchanted World of Sleep. Yale University Press, 1996)

"In the course of my life I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet."(Winston Churchill, quoted in Churchill by Himself by Richard Langworth. PublicAffairs, 2008)

"I'm Luke Skywalker. I'm here to rescue you."(Mark Hamill as Luke in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, 1977)

"Jane and Frank had driven cross-country to rescue you from the paint-peeling orphanage in Lovelock."(Charles Stross, Rule 34. Ace, 2011)

"I'm honored to be the first woman to have the opportunity to command the shuttle."(U.S. Air Force Colonel Eileen Collins, July 1999)

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived."(Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854)

"Yes, yes, the past gets in the way; it trips us up, bogs us down; it complicates, makes difficult. But to ignore this is folly, because, above all, what history teaches us is to avoid illusion and make-believe, to lay aside dreams, moonshine, cure-alls, wonder-workings, pie-in-the sky--to be realistic."(Graham Swift, Waterland. Poseidon Press, 1983)

Infinitives With Delayed Subjects

There is a relationship between it and the infinitive phrase in the sentence 'It took so long to get there'? One role that an infinitive can fill is that of the delayed subject. Sentences with delayed subjects always begin with the , a dummy element that takes the place of some word(s) in a sentence. . . .

"In the caller's sentence, the dummy it fills the place of the subject to get there. The true subject, the infinitive phrase, is delayed till the end of the sentence. To verify that this is truly a delayed subject, replace the dummy it with the infinitive phrase.

To get there took so long.

The infinitive phrase moves easily from its place at the end as a delayed subject to the front of the sentence where it becomes a normal subject."
(Michael Strumpf and Auriel Douglas, The Grammar Bible. Owl Book, 2004)

"[A] variant of the infinitive phrase begins with for and is often followed by a personal noun or pronoun. Examples for these are:

[INFINITIVES WITH FOR]

'Physicians are generally eligible for independent licensure to practice primary care specialities at this point.'

'Federal officials said they leave time for parents to make arrangements for their children, and refer them to a social service agency if necessary.'

'I said all right; then the thing for us to do was to go for the magicians.'

In general speech and writing, we tend to shorten infinitives to the particle plus verb base for general reference.

a. [INFINITIVE PHRASE]

'I said, all right; then the thing for us to do was to go for the magicians.'

b. [HI/INFINITIVE PHRASE REDUCED]

'I said, all right; then the thing . . . to do was to go for the magicians.'

However, if the reference is specific to a person, thing or topic, it is necessary to include it.

a. [SPECIFIC NOUN + INFINITIVE PHRASE/HI]​​

'It was no new thing for David to "play" the sunset.'

'By the end of a fortnight David had brought his father's violin for Joe to practice on.'

'Whichever way it was, there was always sure to be something waiting at the end for him and his violin to discover.'

Because the reference is made specifically to David, Joe, and him and his violin, the infinitive phrase cannot be shortened without losing part of the meaning of the sentence."

(Bernard O'Dwyer, Modern English Structures: Form, Function, And Position, 2nd ed. Broadview, 2006)

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In English grammar, an infinitive phrase is a verbal construction made up of the particle to and the base form of a verb, with or without modifiers, complements, and objects. Also called an infinitival phrase and a to-infinitive phrase.

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Infinitive phrases in English || Grammar Different usages of an infinitive phrase || Bare infinitive

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Gerunds and Infinitives in Perfect and Passive Forms

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What is a ZERO/BARE Infinitive? How a zero infinitive is different from a full Infinitive!

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Definition:

An infinitive is a verb that has not been conjugated (changed to show person or tense). In English, infinitives generally use to with the base (present) form of the verb. The infinitive can work as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb.

Noun: To drive would be my first choice. Mom's first choice is to fly.
Adjective: Watermelons are good fruitsto eat.
Adverb: We used our binocularsto see.

Sometimes the infinitive uses the perfect, progressive, or passive form of the verb.

I want those books to be read. (passive)
By tomorrow, I want those booksto have been read. (perfect passive)
By tomorrow, I want youto be reading your books. (progressive)
By Friday I expect youto have started your reports. (perfect)

Definition:

An infinitive phrase is made up of the infinitive verb with its object and modifiers.

Noun: To drive to Chicago would be my first choice. Mom's first choice is to fly to her hometown.
Adjective: Watermelons are good fruitsto eat when you are hot.
Adverb: We used our binocularsto see the dolphins in the ocean.

Negative adverbs: Sometimes an infinitive verb will have an adverb like not or never before the verb itself. It is part of the infinitive phrase.

I told your father not to bring your puppy when he came to pick you up.
I warned younever to drive without your driver's license.

Hint:

The word to is also a preposition. If the word to is before a verb, it is part of an infinitive. If the word to is before any other word, it is probably a preposition.
I asked you ((to bring the book you borrowed. Bring is a verb; to bring is an infinitive.) To the movies is a prepositional phrase.)
I took my little sister to the movies.

To split or not to split?

Definition:

An infinitive with an adverb between the two parts is called a split infinitive. The adverb is often part of the infinitive.

Is it best to not split infinitives?
Is it bestnot to split infinitives?

Some teachers teach this as a hard and fast rule. They believe it is preferable to keep the two parts of the infinitive together unless the result is awkward. This seems to be another example of overkill of a rule. Sometimes it is better not to split the infinitive. Sometimes splitting it is the best way to write the idea. In formal writing, rewording a sentence to avoid a split infinitive is often the best choice.

I need to quickly stop for some gas before we leave. (could work)
I need to stop quickly for some gas before we leave. (better in formal writing)

Heather likes to before choir warm up her voice. (doesn't work)
Heather likes to warm up her voice before choir. (better)
Before choir, Heather likes to warm up her voice. (better)

Practice What You've Learned

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Definition: An infinitive is a verb that has not been conjugated (changed to show person or tense). In English, infinitives generally use to with the base (present) form of the verb. The infinitive can work as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. Noun: To drive would be my first choice.

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Infinitives
Summary:
This handout provides a detailed overview (including descriptions and examples) of gerunds, participles, and infinitives.

An infinitive is a verbal consisting of the word to plus a verb (in its simplest "stem" form) and functioning as a noun, adjective, or adverb. The term verbal indicates that an infinitive, like the other two kinds of verbals, is based on a verb and therefore expresses action or a state of being. However, the infinitive may function as a subject, direct object, subject complement, adjective, or adverb in a sentence. Although an infinitive is easy to locate because of the to + verb form, deciding what function it has in a sentence can sometimes be confusing.

To wait seemed foolish when decisive action was required. (subject)

Everyone wanted to go. (direct object)

His ambition is to fly. (subject complement)

He lacked the strength to resist. (adjective)

We must study to learn. (adverb)

Be sure not to confuse an infinitive-a verbal consisting of to plus a verb-with a prepositional phrase beginning with to, which consists of to plus a noun or pronoun and any modifiers.

Infinitives: to fly, to draw, to become, to enter, to stand, to catch, to belong

Prepositional Phrases: to him, to the committee, to my house, to the mountains, to us, to this address

An Infinitive Phrase is a group of words consisting of an infinitive and the modifier(s) and/or (pro)noun(s) or noun phrase(s) that function as the actor(s), direct object(s), or complement(s) of the action or state expressed in the infinitive, such as:

We intended to leave early.

The infinitive phrase functions as the direct object of the verb intended.
to leave (infinitive)
early (adverb)

I have a paper to write before class.

The infinitive phrase functions as an adjective modifying paper.
to write (infinitive)
before class (prepositional phrase as adverb)

The infinitive phrase functions as the direct object of the verb agreed.
to give (infinitive)
me (indirect object of action expressed in infinitive)
a ride (direct object of action expressed in infinitive)

The infinitive phrase functions as the direct object of the verb asked.
me (actor or "subject" of infinitive phrase)
to bring (infinitive)
some food (direct object of action expressed in infinitive)

Everyone wanted Carol to be the captain of the team.

The infinitive phrase functions as the direct object of the verb wanted.
Carol (actor or "subject" of infinitive phrase)
to be (infinitive)
the captain (subject complement for Carol, via state of being expressed in infinitive)
of the team (prepositional phrase as adjective)

Actors: In these last two examples the actor of the infinitive phrase could be roughly characterized as the "subject" of the action or state expressed in the infinitive. It is somewhat misleading to use the word subject, however, since an infinitive phrase is not a full clause with a subject and a finite verb. Also notice that when it is a pronoun, the actor appears in the objective case ( me, not I, in the fourth example). Certain verbs, when they take an infinitive direct object, require an actor for the infinitive phrase; others can't have an actor. Still other verbs can go either way, as the charts below illustrate.

Verbs that take infinitive objects without actors:
Examples:
In all of these examples no actor can come between the italicized main (finite) verb and the infinitive direct-object phrase.

Verbs that take infinitive objects with actors:
Examples:

He reminded me to buy milk.

Their fathers advise them to study.

She forced the defendant to admit the truth.

You've convinced the director of the program to change her position.

I invite you to consider the evidence.

In all of these examples an actor is required after the italicized main (finite) verb and before the infinitive direct-object phrase.

Verbs that use either pattern:
Examples:

I asked to see the records.

I asked him to show me the records.

Trent expected his group to win.

Trent expected to win.

Brenda likes to drive fast.

Brenda likes her friend to drive fast.

In all of these examples the italicized main verb can take an infinitive object with or without an actor.

Punctuation: If the infinitive is used as an adverb and is the beginning phrase in a sentence, it should be set off with a comma; otherwise, no punctuation is needed for an infinitive phrase.

To buy a basket of flowers, John had to spend his last dollar.

To improve your writing, you must consider your purpose and audience.

Points to remember

1. An infinitive is a verbal consisting of the word to plus a verb; it may be used as a noun, adjective, or adverb.

2. An infinitive phrase consists of an infinitive plus modifier(s), object(s), complement(s), and/or actor(s).

3. An infinitive phrase requires a comma only if it is used as an adverb at the beginning of a sentence.

Split infinitives

Split infinitives occur when additional words are included between to and the verb in an infinitive. Many readers find a single adverb splitting the infinitive to be acceptable, but this practice should be avoided in formal writing.
Examples:

I like to on a nice day walk in the woods. * (unacceptable)
On a nice day, I like to walk in the woods. (revised)

I needed to quickly gather my personal possessions. (acceptable in informal contexts)
I needed to gather my personal possessions quickly. (revised for formal contexts)

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