https://www.grammaring.org.hr. Please don’t assume my username is the same or add anyone. After this article the “to infinitive” may replace the relative clause under certain conditions! If this is correct, all examples above were purpose clauses… the

to-infinitive clause can replace a defining relative clause after ordinal numbers (the first, the second etc.), after superlatives (the best, the most beautiful etc.) and after th, last and only. Ethan

• is often the last person to understand the joke. (Ethan is usually the last person to understand the joke.)

• His office was the next room to clean. Infinitives can also be passed in the equation. His was the

last composition and was the

• last composition to be written. (His was the last composition which was marked

(I think)” If there’s one solution we should always choose (that fits) the rest, you or the teacher, should always choose the one I like or the other fits? Is fitting?) These examples have to demonstrate the ambiguity of sentences which can’t be classified when they stand alone – even if the antecedent subject or the following verb is BOLD written or they are spoken with different pronunciation and varied emphasis. Only context can make it clear. So your task is to clarify the situation by reasoning and giving an example with a relative pronoun or explaining the purpose clause. I agree, and you are

arguing well.