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To infinitive and Beyond! Diagramming the Infinitive To fool Zerg is no problem. An infinitive is a verb form (verbal) that is used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. An infinitive is usually preceded by the word to, which is commonly referred to as the sign of the infinitive. • • • • To write is his ambition. (infinitive as subject) His ambition is to write. (infinitive as predicate noun) He did nothing except (to) write. (infinitive as object of preposition) He likes to write. (infinitive as direct object) An infinitive phrase is an infinitive with any complement or modifiers. • • • Mr. Kullman’s goal is to help his students. (infinitive has its own direct object) Mr. Kullman wanted to travel to Paris, but his students wanted to work on grammar problems. (infinitives with adverbial phrases) When Tianne started to clean the garage, Perry decided to watch from a distance. (Infinitive with a direct object and an infinitive with an adverbial phrase) Diagramming the Infinitive An infinitive phrase is built up on a stick man. How cool is that? To write well is ambition his • To write well is his ambition. Diagramming the Infinitive as a Predicate Adjective WOW! Are you kidding? The infinitive is a predicate adjective! to write ambition is His • His ambition is to write. Diagramming the Infinitive as a Direct Object This is just nuts! The infinitive is the direct object of the sentence, and the infinitive has its own direct object. Unreal! to diagram sentences He • likes He likes to diagram sentences. Diagramming the Infinitive with its Direct Object to help students his goal is Kullman’s Mr. • Mr. Kullman’s goal is to help his students. Diagramming a Compound Sentence with Infinitives Mr. Kullman wanted to travel to Paris, but his students wanted to work on grammar problems. • to travel to Paris Kullman wanted Mr. to but work on problems grammar students his wanted Diagramming a Complex Sentence with Infinitives • When Tianne started to clean the garage, Perry wanted to watch from a distance. to watch Perry from distance a wanted to When Tianne started clean garage the