I don't know about the grammar of these sentences, but I'd be marking "vague
'this' usage" for every one of these sentences. The syntax of sentences 1 and
4 seems particularly convoluted as well.
Arthur Henne
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 12:47 PM, Dick Veit <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>Good point, Craig. I did an advanced search for "this excites me to" excluding
"to no end." Here are some examples of the infinitive as a complement:
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this excites me to go to office everyday
All of this excites me to paint, print, and draw.
I am nearing 51 years of age and this excites me to want to learn more.
This excites me to see what the obedience and passion of one person can do.
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>and many, many more.
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>Dick
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>On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Hancock, Craig G
<<https://webmail.psu.edu/webmail/blankIe.html#>> wrote:
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>Dick,
> I think in all three of your examples, the infinitive is an extraposed
subject.
> "To work with clients on a one on one basis really excites me."
> I wonder if we can find an example where the infinitive is a verb
complement and not a subject. i couldn't find one.
> The passive version would be "I am really excited to work with
clients...." The fact that we can put "very" in front of excited would make an
argument that it is shading into adjective or is at least acting ambiguously.
And in this case it feels to me like an adjective complement. "I am happy to
work with clients" feels very similar to me.
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>Craig
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>I'd say "be excited (to)" is a passive verb, since there are plenty of
equivalent actives. Here are some taken from Google (I searched "excites me
to"):
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It really excites me to work with clients on a one on one basis...
It excites me to announce that I am officially teaming up with Chad to kickoff
our first, fully collaborative music project!
It excites me to be close to him, to think over and over, I can kill him and I
will kill him but not now. (Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire)
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>and many others, an impressively large number of which are explicitly sexual.
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>Dick
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>On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Lynn Searfoss
<<https://webmail.psu.edu/webmail/blankIe.html#>> wrote:
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It seems like an adjectival participial phrase, doesn't it?
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>Lynn
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>Hancock, Craig G wrote:
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>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."
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>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,/
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>/Martha Galphin
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