What role does the infinitive phrase play in the board met to consider the proposal
Adverb.
To play
Adjective
The infinitive phrase plays the role of an adverb in this sentence. It tells why you met at the park. In the sentence "You met at the park to run", "to run" is the infinitive phrase.
adjective
"to be persistent" is the subject.
To play
verb and verb (infinitive)
An http://www.answers.com/topic/infinitive is the "to" form of a http://www.answers.com/topic/verb, as in "to play." A split infinitive is a http://www.answers.com/topic/phrase in which to is separated from the verb. The sentence "I decided to quickly and directly go home" contains a split infinitive. Some people consider it poor style, or even incorrect style, to split an infinitive. I prefer to think of split infinitives as generally unnecessary. Given a little thought, one can usually construct a better sentence. The sentence "I decided to go quickly and directly home", is more easily understood.
An infinitive = to + a verbExample sentences:He likes to jog every morning.Dad asked her to cook the hamburger.She has always wanted to play the Flute.
Adjective
The infinitive phrase "to be persistent" serves as the subject complement in the sentence, renaming or describing the subject "sign." It provides more information about the subject and completes the meaning of the sentence by expressing a quality or characteristic.
adjective
adverb
The infinitive phrase plays the role of an adverb in this sentence. It tells why you met at the park. In the sentence "You met at the park to run", "to run" is the infinitive phrase.
Adverb
adjective
Adverb