Timeline for Ambiguous use of infinitive after "It's needed"
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| Aug 27, 2012 at 22:32 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Not so. Many adjectives, including participial adjectives, take a to-infinitive: We will be delighted to attend. He was happy to see his sister. He is keen to come. ( grammar-quizzes.com/infinitive3c.html ) | |
| Aug 27, 2012 at 21:39 | comment | added | utxeee | In my quoted sentence I was using the word 'needed' as a adjective, so, it could not take an infinitive because it was not even acting as verb. | |
| Aug 27, 2012 at 21:08 | comment | added | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | @utxeee: Can you clarify this comment? | |
| Aug 27, 2012 at 20:57 | comment | added | utxeee | Cerberus, but I'm using 'needed' as an adjective here, so it can't an infinite. | |
| Aug 27, 2012 at 20:55 | vote | accept | utxeee | ||
| Aug 27, 2012 at 20:29 | history | answered | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |