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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar > [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Martha Galphin > [[log in to unmask]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 26, 2013 10:03 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Excited to > > > /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 > / > > 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/ > 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/