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action added adjective clauses adverb-clause adverbs Analyze antecedent appositive assertive sentence base called case-form commas common nouns complete compound compound sentence conjunctive adverbs conjunctive pronoun connected copulative verb denote describe driven pass driving expressions Fill the blanks flowers following sentences friends Give your reason grow horses indirect object infinitive inflected interrogative Julius Cæsar kind king language letter live meaning modify the verb never noun-clause omitted parse passive past tense PERF perfect participle person plural possessive form predicate predicate adjective prepositional phrase Punctuation refer relative pronoun represent Robert Fulton root-infinitive RULE s-form Select simple sing singular snow sometimes speak subjective complement Subjunctive subordinating conjunction tell tence thing third-singular subject thou tive transitive verb trees verb-phrases wait William Shakespeare wish words Write written
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Page 279 - The infinitive with to, like a prepositional phrase, may be used Adverbially to modify the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or an adverb, by showing the purpose, cause, respect in which, etc. Thus : — We need the money to pay (for paying) the help. They are slow to depart (in departing). It is ripe enough to eat (for eating).