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17. Each hill attempts to ape her voice.
Higher Lessons in English: A work on English grammar and composition · Alonzo Reed, Brainerd Kellogg
17. Each hill attempts to ape her voice.
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LESSON 41.
INFINITIVES--CONTINUED.
Analysis.
The +infinitive phrase+ may be used +after a preposition+ as the +principal term+ of another phrase.
1. My friend is about to leave me.
\to \ leave | me \-------'---- \ about | \ / \ \----------------- | friend | is \ / \ ========|===================== \My |
+Explanation+.--The preposition _about_ introduces the phrase used as attribute complement; the principal part is the infinitive phrase _to leave me_.
2. Paul was now about to open his mouth. 3. No way remains but to go on.
+Explanation+.--_But_ is here a preposition.
The +infinitive+ and its +assumed subject+ may form the +principal term+ in a phrase introduced by the preposition +for+.