By Predicates, Infinitive clauses

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...

"possible", "impossible", and their negations (like many other adjectives) can take a "FOR ... TO ..." clause as subject . Leave out "on the basic level"; it just specifies what kind of understanding (basic) is meant. The structure is "FOR a Russian or French person TO understand his music is...