In Clauses^x, Infinitive clauses^x

I see both infinitive clauses as adjectival complements.I could not come up with an idea to interpret the infinitive in #2 as an adverbial element.

No, the infinitive clause is an adverbial, modifying the whole main clause.

I am just investigating two adjectives for my Corpus Linguistics and I have some problems. I would be grateful if someone could help me 1. I like you even when I sick in the head. ( In my opinion, it is verbless adverbial clause with 'sick'. Is it true?) 2. We will not allow you to ill-treat...

All you do is make a lot of money. (the 'to' is normally omitted)'Make a lot of money' here is a (bare) infinitive clause without a subject. The understood subject is 'you': All you do is make a lot of money. The -ing form does not work here, because 'do' does not call for an object in this...

Dear everybody! I am a Cambodian student in year two; I would like you to explain me about these: 1/ Please differentiate about: - Infinitive clause and infinitive phrase - Participle clause and infinitive phrase -Gerund clause and gerund phrase 2/ Would you tell what does infinitive...

http://www.englishforums.com/English/InfinitiveClauseAdverbialFunction/chqdx/Post.htm I believe I am able to distinguish the structure of adverbial participle clauses from adverbial to-infinitive clauses, with the latter generally preceded by a preposition 'to'. However, I don't know the...

Do you use a comma if it's in the middle of the sentence?

To err is human. (No comma) To respect the elderly is our duty. (No comma) To tell the truth, I’m angry. (Comma req’d?) To see is to believe. (No comma) To make a mistake carelessly is inexcusable. (No comma) To make a long story short, I don’t know the ans. (Comma req’d?)

Or is there certain amount of words it has to be like for prep phrases?

Hi there. "I find cats annoying." I think the "annoying" bit is a reduced infinitive clause (i.e. the full clause would be: "to be annoying"). Is this right? My questions are: 1) are there any other verbs (other than "find") that can be followed by a reduced infinitive clause? 2) are there...