Dear teachers, Would you please tell me how you would parse the sentences below ? I want to work on my writing essay this afternoon. I would like to work on my writing essay this afternoon. Parts of speech : I = personal pronoun want / like = main / lexical (synonyms ?) verbs to work = infinitive verb OR to = infinitive particle or something else ? work = bare infinitive ? on = preposition... Function : I = subject want / would like = transitive verbs ? to work on my writing essay (infinitive clause) = direct object ? Then comes the sentence with "have + to + verb" where "to + verb..." is considered an infinitive clause, which makes the verb "have" a main verb and not a modal ?? " I'm sorry but there's a handsome man in my spoon....
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