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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