Advanced English Grammar: The Infinitive Clause & The Infinitive Phrase

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: www.engvid.com/advanced-english-grammar-infinitive-clause-infinitive-phrase/
More of my advanced English grammar lessons on clauses:
Noun clauses kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4TVdniGqZmAh6M
Adjective clauses with prepositions kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaSppYmLbMuSr8U
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

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To fully understand this lesson, make sure you watch my previous video on noun clauses! kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4TVdniGqZmAh6M Watch the next lesson in this series, about adjective clauses with prepositions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaSppYmLbMuSr8U

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