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15 Jan 2022, 01:46
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I had a question about infinitive of purpose. If I understood the topic, it is not a requirement for the verb to have a direct object in order to it to have a proper infinitive of purpose (IP) or consequence (IC). A transitive verb would require a direct object but an intransitive verb would not for the IP or IC to function properly. I have come across sentences that contain an infinitive after an adjective but one that does not answer the question why that verb is being performed by the actor. These infinitive address the function of the verb as in "(q)uantitative mechanics is difficult to study."
In the sentence "(t)he book was short enough to read in a night," is the infinitive "to read" functioning as a direct object versus an infinitive of purpose? I made this inference because it does not answer the question why but answers the question what. Similarly, all of the following sentences are wrong in terms of the meaning of the infinitive of purpose: The book was not made short enough for the specific person to be able to read it in one night.
1. The book was short enough that I could read it in a night.
2. The book was short enough so that I could read it in a night.
3. The book was short enough for it to be read in a night. (This sentence is also wrong for it is missing by whom)
4. The book was short enough as to be read in a night. (This sentence also does not make proper use of the idiom "so adjective as to").
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I had a question about infinitive of purpose. If I understood the topic, it is not a requirement for the verb to have a direct object in order to it to have a proper infinitive of purpose (IP) or consequence (IC). A transitive verb would require a direct object but an intransitive verb would not for the IP or IC to function properly. I have come across sentences that contain an infinitive after an adjective but one that does not answer the question why that verb is being performed by the actor. These infinitive address the function of the verb as in "(q)uantitative mechanics is difficult to study."
In the sentence "(t)he book was short enough to read in a night," is the infinitive "to read" functioning as a direct object versus an infinitive of purpose? I made this inference because it does not answer the question why but answers the question what. Similarly, all of the following sentences are wrong in terms of the meaning of the infinitive of purpose: The book was not made short enough for the specific person to be able to read it in one night.
1. The book was short enough that I could read it in a night.
2. The book was short enough so that I could read it in a night.
3. The book was short enough for it to be read in a night. (This sentence is also wrong for it is missing by whom)
4. The book was short enough as to be read in a night. (This sentence also does not make proper use of the idiom "so adjective as to").
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16 Jan 2022, 22:57
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You are getting too involved in terminology. Look at the purpose of each element.
We can use infinitives after adjectives too.
e.g.
She is hard to please.
I was wrong to consider him my friend.
In our original sentence also, 'short' is the adjective and 'enough' is the adverb describing this adjective.
Use of "short enough that" or "short enough so that" is not correct. You can say
"The book was so short that ... "
Enough is not required. You are already giving the extent using "so". Then "enough" is redundant.
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