A verbal modifier is a word or phrase that can be used to describe a verb or a verbal phrase.
A modifier can be defined as a word, phrase, or clause that gives information about another word in the same sentence.
Example of verbal modifier in English grammar is- "Infinitive".
An infinitive is a verbal consisting of the word "to" placed before a verb (in its simplest "stem" form) which functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb.
Examples of infinitive to read, to run, to jump, to play, to sing, to laugh, to cry, to eat, and to go etc.
The following points of how to identify an infinitive phrase in a sentence are-
- Find the word "to".
- Second, if the word placed after "to" is a verb, then it is an infinitive.
- If the infinitive is put in the middle of the sentence, then the infinitive phrase starts at "to" and ends at the end of the sentence.
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