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Par. 400, 40I.] TIlE INFINI TI VE.

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money with which I may buy food;" and the confusion between (a) and (b) has resulted in -
(1) "I have no money with which to buy food."
(2) " I have no objectfor which to strive."
(3) "I want a place in which tofeel at rest."
400 The Infinitive in Exclamations.
The Subject, not the Object,' is usually found
before the Infinitive in exclamations: -
(1) "I to be so happy! " " He to desert me!"
40I The Parenthetical Infinitive.
This is an Infinitive of purpose: -
(1) " To tell you the truth, I was not up," i.e. " in
order to tell you the truth (I must say that), I
was not up."
(2) " To be brief, or, not to be tedious, the expedition failed."
(3) " To be sure he is not very clever, but he is very
kind-hearted."
(4) " Will you help me i" " To be sure I will."
The meaning of " to be sure" seems to be "certainly," but used in (3) concessively, in (4) emphatically. Compare "to wit," i.e. "to know (the
truth.)"
1 Compare the use of a Subject used absolutely with the Participle, where Latin and Greek usage would prepare one to expect
some other form. Milton uses the Object with the Participle Absolute; but this is a Latinism. See Par. 408.