In an objective infinitive (and doesn’t that sound like something you could get Unitarians to pray to?)
Priceless.
An infinitive is a verbal: half verb, half something else. Among the sorts of way an infinitive can work is as a noun. “See spot run” is imperative: “You,” as indicated in the cartoon is elliptical, as is “to” in the infinitive: “You see spot to run.” As a noun, the verbal is acting as the sentence’s direct object, answering the question “See what?” Scott to run?
In an objective infinitive (and doesn’t that sound like something you could get Unitarians to pray to?)
Priceless.
An infinitive is a verbal: half verb, half something else. Among the sorts of way an infinitive can work is as a noun. “See spot run” is imperative: “You,” as indicated in the cartoon is elliptical, as is “to” in the infinitive: “You see spot to run.” As a noun, the verbal is acting as the sentence’s direct object, answering the question “See what?” Scott to run?