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Subject:	Re: To be supposed to . . . ?
From:	Michael Kischner <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 19 Nov 1996 16:01:55 -0800
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Following Donald Emery in *Sentence Analysis* (1963, I think) I would call
this an instance of an infinitive that functions as part of the verb
phrase.  Other examples he gives are "ought to. . . ," "have to. . . " and
"is to. . . " (Jenkins is to retire soon).
 
Miochael Kischner

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