By Infinitive clauses, Direct objects

Hello, Twinkletoes.No, that's not what I'm saying. "things to do" is the direct object of "have", the main verb of the sentence. "To do" would be a clause (a non-finite one) even if "things" weren't there or if it had some other type of...

No, Jim, I really meant an adjective, as in "I'm happy to see you".happy to see you = predicative (or subject complement if you wish); adjectival construction.happy = head of the predicativeto see you = to-infinitive clause acting as "adjectival complement" (which means...

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...

I have a problem that has bothered me for days. Can you help me? It is about infinitive clauses. To illustrate my problem, here is a sentence: "I want him to come home." Is "to come home" the object complement, or is "him to come home" the direct object?

No, 'Peter' is the direct object, and 'leave' is a nonfinite object complement -- Greenbaum and Quirk, call this 'complex-transitive complementation' (direct object + bare infinitive clause).

Hi, Malory. 1. "Preserving rare and valuable books and documents is one of the challenges FACING THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS." The construction in capital letters is a participial clause (present participial); it functions as post modifier of "challenges". It is what's also called a "reduced...