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what's the function of infinitive in this sentence?
What's the function of infinitive in this sentence?
"He put a cup of coffee into the microwave to heat it up."
As we know infinitive could act as subject, object, subject/adjective complement.
I know here "to heat up" is infinitive of purpose.
Jun 10, 2019 7:14 AM
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"He put a cup of coffee into the microwave to heat it up."
He - subject
put - verb
a cup of coffee - direct object
into the microwave - adverbial phrase of location
to heat it up - adverbial phrase of purpose
June 10, 2019
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