It seems like an adjectival participial phrase, doesn't it?

Lynn
 

Hancock, Craig G wrote:
> Martha,
>     Can you give us an example?
>    A quick google search of "excite to" brought no examples, but I 
> found a huge number for "excited to..." with most of those using 
> "excited" as past participle adjective. John Lackey is"very excited" 
> to be back on the baseball field, for example.
>      /I am pleased to meet you/. /I am excited to be here/. These seem 
> common to me and perhaps equally ambiguous as to whether "pleased" and 
> "excited" are verbs (passive verb phrase) or adjectives. the 
> infinitive would work as adjective complement, as in "I am happy to be 
> here."
>
> Craig
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> /What are your thoughts about the usage of the transitive verb 
> _excite_ followed by an infinitive? I come upon it somewhere almost 
> every day now and am discomfited by it.
> Thank you,/
>
> /Martha Galphin
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