Question

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1. which of the following is an infinitive?

to wait to town too much

1. which of the following statement is not true concerning infinitives?

infinitives must always be preceded by the introductory word to.
infinitives may be used as nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
infinitives may have subjects, objects, and predicate complements.

1. the subject of an infinitive is always in which case?

objective nominative possessive

1. infinitives retain certain powers as verbs.

true false only in clauses

1. what is meant by an \infinitive clause\?

a dependent clause serving as a direct object of an infinitive
an infinitive with a subject
any independent clause containing an infinitive

1. infinitives can have _.

tense and tone only voice only tense, tone, and voice

1. identify the following infinitive form: to be reading.

progressive tone, present tense, active voice
progressive tone, present tense, passive voice
simple tone, present tense (no voice)

1. which of the following is grammatically correct?

she was thought to she was thought to neither is correct.
be me. be i.

1. which of the following is grammatically correct?

they believed him they believed him either is acceptable.
to be me. to be i.

1. which of the following is not a true statement?

if an infinitive has no grammatical subject of its own, its objective complement must be in the
nominative case.
if an infinitive has a subject, its objective complement must be in the objective case.
the subject of an infinitive must be in the nominative case.

Explanation:

1. An infinitive is formed by "to + verb". "to wait" is "to + verb (wait)", "to town" is "to + noun (town)", and "too much" is an adverbial phrase. So "to wait" is an infinitive.
2. Infinitives are "to + verb". They can function as nouns, adjectives, adverbs (but not as verbs in the traditional finite - verb sense). They can have subjects, objects, and predicate complements. And they must be preceded by "to".
3. The subject of an infinitive is in the objective case. For example, "I want him to go" - "him" (objective) is the subject of the infinitive "to go".
4. Infinitives retain verb - like features such as taking objects (e.g., "to eat an apple") so they retain certain verb powers.
5. An infinitive clause is an infinitive with a subject. For example, "for him to come" is an infinitive clause where "him" is the subject.
6. Infinitives have tense (e.g., "to go" - present, "to have gone" - perfect) and voice (e.g., "to be eaten" - passive). But they do not have tone in the grammatical sense related to verb forms.
7. "to be reading" is a progressive form (because of "be + -ing"), present tense (the basic infinitive form without perfect markers), and active voice (the subject would be doing the reading).
8. "She was thought to be me" is correct. After the infinitive "to be", the objective case "me" is used as it is the object of the non - finite verb in this context.
9. "They believed him to be me" is correct. Similar to the previous case, after the infinitive "to be" in this construction, the objective case "me" is appropriate.
10. If an infinitive has no grammatical subject of its own, there is no objective complement in the sense of case assignment based on a non - existent subject. The rule is that if an infinitive has a subject, its objective complement (if any) is in the objective case, and the subject of an infinitive (when it has one) is in the objective case.

Answer:

1. to wait
2. Infinitives may be used as nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
3. Objective
4. True
5. An infinitive with a subject
6. tense and voice (Note: There is no correct option as given. But if we assume a correction, since infinitives have tense and voice. The first option "tense and tone only" is wrong as there is no verb - related 'tone' for infinitives in standard grammar. The second "voice only" is wrong as they have tense. The third "tense, tone, and voice" is wrong as no 'tone').
7. Progressive tone, present tense, active voice
8. She was thought to be me.
9. They believed him to be me.
10. If an infinitive has no grammatical subject of its own, its objective complement must be in the nominative case.