Why can not a verb of “To gulp the glass of water with such thirst” be seen?
Is there verb “to gulp the glass of water with such thirst” in the following sentence (Source: http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/phrase)? What are pdf files ( PDF )? What does the sentence mean?
When a young boy was thirsting on his shirt, water ran down his cheek, and wet the front of his shirt. I said no, I couldn’t swallow the drink.
How do sentences with verbs have subject and verb?
Does it mean “somebody gulp the glass of water with such thirst that streams of liquid ran down his chin and wet the front of his already sweat soaked shirt”?
Which grammars do I need to learn in order to find out how to say a sentence without verbs?
Why did Google come across “broadway software”?
As a sentence, it isn’t. What source gives it as an example of an infinitive phrase? What is an example of a particularly long and complex infinitive phrase?
The verb is “to gulp” but there is no finite verb. Rather than an adjective, the whole sentence functions like a noun. Long phrases know about their importance, but could easily be confused with short one-liner phrases, and could become lost in translation.
Why don’t we change the sentence gulp the glass as a subject?
I like the past tense, don’t use other tenses but if you are inclined to practice other tenses and use some unusual tenses as an example, I probably will be right. How do you make a sentence change the meaning?
There are plenty of infinitive phrases used in English.
