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Grammar question
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The plumber was unable to finish the difficult job in one day, / to finish the difficult job in one day is an infinitive phrase, does it play the role of an adverb in this sentence to modify (unable) ?
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2020년 2월 7일 오전 9:31
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The plumber was unable to finish the difficult job in one day.
= The plumber couldn't finish the difficult job in one day.
The plumber [subject]
was unable [verb - periphrastic modal with meaning of modal can]
to finish [infinitive object]
the difficult job [object complement]
in one day [infinitive object adverbial phrase]
What did the plumber do? [He was unable to finish ...]
To finish what? [the difficult job]
To finish when? [in one day]
2020년 2월 7일
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2020년 2월 7일
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