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subject; He was born with the gift of winning hearts ( Gaskell)- in the
function
of the attribute; After leaving
her umbrella in the hall, she
entered the living-room ( Cronin)-in the function of the adverbial
modifier.
Infinitive phrases
can perform the functions of the subject, object,
attribute and adverbial modifier: Even to think of it
gave him ineffable
torture ( Bennet)- in the function of the subject;
Everybody expected
her to marry Pete( Caine)- in the function of the part of the complex
object; Batsheba was not a woman…to suffer in silence(Hady)- in the
function of the attribute; She was driven away,
never to revisit this
neighbourhood – in the function of the adverbial modifier of attendant
circumstances.
In the example , “To dance freely” , the infinitive phrase acts as a
noun.
In the sentence “To dance freely was his only wish” the infinitive
phrase performs the function of the subject.
The infinitive phrase “to spend foolishly” acts as an attribute
modifying the nouns
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