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I wish you to be happy and rich.
I don’t want him to be reprimanded.
5. After verbs denoting declaring (to announce, declare, to pronounce).
I declare you to be man and wife.
The journalists reported the second death to happen due to the hurricane.
6. After verbs denoting compulsion (to have, to make, to get, to order) of which the first two take a bare Infinitive.
A salesperson got me to spend much more money on my suits that I wanted to
What made him change his mind?
I have the gardener take care of everything.
7. After verbs denoting order and permission (to allow, to order)
He ordered the keys to be taken from the prisoner.
The head master didn’t allow the telephones to be brought to school.
8. After certain verbs requiring a prepositional object (to count (up) on, to rely (up) on).
I rely on him to support me.
I’m counting on you to tell me everything.
9. After the verb to let without the particle ‘to’
Just let them try it!
The subjective infinitive construction
The Subjective Infinitive Construction is the construction in which the Infinitive (usually the Infinitive phrase) is in predicate relation to a noun in the Common case or a pronoun in the Nominative case.
The Subjective Infinitive Construction is used as a Complex Subject in the following cases:
1. With the verbs to seem, to appear to prove, to turn out, to happen, to chance.
The building appears to have been used as a place of worship.
Janet seemed to take offence at my comments on her work.
Susan proved to be a good friend when she lent me some money.
Mum happened to be cooking dinner when I came home.
2. With the verbs in the Passive Voice:
a) verbs denoting saying (to announce, to declare, to report, to say, to state, etc.).
The war was declared to be over.
She is said to have travelled to Peru last year.
b) verbs denoting mental activity (to believe, to consider, to expect, to find, to know, to mean, to presume, to regard, to suppose, to think, to understand, etc.).
This couple were meant to stay together.
MSU is considered to be the best University in Russia according to world ranking systems.
She is thought to have attended the conference.
c) verbs of sense perception (to feel, to hear, to see, to watch).
They were seen to leave the city by train.
d) the verb to make.
He was made to bring his apologies.
3. With likely, unlikely, sure, certain. In this case only the non-perfect forms of the Infinitive are used, with future reference.
She is likely to be caught in a traffic jam.
They are sure to be present at the meeting.
The for-to-infinitive construction
In the For-to-Infinitive Construction the Infinitive is in predicate relation to a noun in the common case or a pronoun in the objective case preceded by the preposition for.
The for-to-Infinitive construction has the same functions as a single Infinitive, though with some restrictions.
1. Subject. The For-to-Infinitive Construction is often used in this function with the introductory it.
It is difficult for them to comprehend that.
For me to hear him was disturbing.
2. Predicative. In this function the construction is mostly used with the link verb to be.
The only solution is for him to leave the country.
This is for you to learn by heart.