It is somewhat misleading to use the word subject , however, since an infinitive phrase is not a full clause with a subject and a finite verb. Also notice that when it is a pronoun, the actor appears in the objective case me , not I , in the fourth example. Certain verbs, when they take an infinitive direct object, require an actor for the infinitive phrase; others can't have an actor. Still other verbs can go either way, as the charts below illustrate. In all of these examples no actor can come between the italicized main finite verb and the infinitive direct-object phrase.
In all of these examples an actor is required after the italicized main finite verb and before the infinitive direct-object phrase. In all of these examples the italicized main verb can take an infinitive object with or without an actor.
Punctuation: If the infinitive is used as an adverb and is the beginning phrase in a sentence, it should be set off with a comma; otherwise, no punctuation is needed for an infinitive phrase.
Split infinitives occur when additional words are included between to and the verb in an infinitive. Many readers find a single adverb splitting the infinitive to be acceptable, but this practice should be avoided in formal writing. Even if it is acting as a noun, its "verbness" allows it to take adverbial modifiers just like other verbs.
But it can still take adjectival modifiers just like other nouns. Place the word to on an angled line, and write the verb on a horizontal line coming off the angled line. With a forked line, connect this to the rest of the sentence wherever it should go. These guys can be nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.
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