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Isn't "to have met you" a noun phrase (an infinitive phrase)? A clause requires a finite verb, and an infinitive ("to have") is a nonfinite verb. Anyway, "to have met you" modifies the adjective "glad", so I guess it could be seen as a kind of adverb. Unfortunately, these grammatical terms...

Hela wrote: Hi everyone, But what about looking at the sentence this way: the agents are trained to do what / for what ? = to kill. So shouldn't "to kill" be analysed separately? The agents = subject are trained = passive intransitive verb to kill = adverbial of purpose ? ...

Casi To tell the truth I don't know much about linguistic. I merely read some online handouts about generative grammar by Upenn's Beatrice Santorini . I read them just because I thought they would help me to deepen the understanding why English grammar is as it is. Maybe you know Japanese and...

Say the right words in the right order. Make subjects and verbs agree in number. Use the correct case for all pronouns. Add "ed" to form the past tense. Add "s" to form plurals. Add "'s" to form possessives. Invert subject and verb in a question. Don't use a countable singular noun without...