Complement to the adjective "able" would be my best guess. Kathleen Ward On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Scott Woods <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear List, > > How would you characterize the function of the underlined infinitive phrase > in the sentence below? > > I suddenly became able *to improve my basketball game without trying*. > > Thanks, > > Scott Woods > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface > at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or > leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/