Advanced English Grammar: The Infinitive Clause & The Infinitive Phrase
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What is an infinitive clause? What is an infinitive phrase? You might be interested to learn that this sentence includes an infinitive clause (“to learn that…”). It’s a clause that includes an infinitive followed by a noun clause used together as a complement to what preceded it. Well, that sounds complicated, but if you watch the lesson with me, we’ll go through it step-by-step. You’ll learn the construction, usage, and have plenty of examples and practice. Let’s start.
Take the quiz on this lesson here: https://www.engvid.com/advanced-english-grammar-infinitive-clause-infinitive-phrase/
More of my advanced English grammar lessons on clauses:
Noun clauses https://youtu.be/9SrEEPt4MQA
Adjective clauses with prepositions https://youtu.be/CsFtVU7f_yc
In this video:
0:00 Introduction
0:10 What is a clause?
0:19 What is a phrase?
0:50 What is an infinitive clause?
2:07 Infinitive clause examples
6:22 What is an infinitive phrase?
8:07 Using an infinitive phrase as a subject