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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...

As per your request, the following is an attempt to determine the word class & clause type of your sentence (1): S: He Vi: ran, turn Vt: empty Vd: Vf: Vc: Full infinitive: to see Bare infinitive: turn, empty Verb, sense: see Preposition: onto; of; in; to Article, definite:...

1. Subordinator (Fronting is permitted): followed by a bare infinitive clause They obeyed the order rather than suffer torture or death. Rather than suffer torture or death they obeyed the order. He paid the fine rather than appeal to a higher court. Rather than Robert drive in his present...

According to A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, the subordinator rather than is followed by a bare infinitive clause when the matrix clause expresses the subject's preference. For example, He paid the fine rather than appeal to a higher court. Rather than is generally best...

Pastel, Never say "never"! There are very few verbs in English that cause such a commotion. I think my examples illustrate the most usual ones. "take" is so flexible that I included a separate section at the end with more examples. These are illustrations of preposed "it" as a...