Advanced English Grammar: The Infinitive Clause & The Infinitive Phrase

What is an infinitive clause? What is an infinitive phrase? You might be interested to learn that this sentence includes an infinitive clause (“to learn that...”). It’s a clause that includes an infinitive followed by a noun clause used together as a complement to what preceded it. Well, that sounds complicated, but if you watch the lesson with me, we’ll go through it step-by-step. You’ll learn the construction, usage, and have plenty of examples and practice. Let’s start. Take the quiz on this lesson here: More of my advanced English grammar lessons on clauses: Noun clauses Dependent clauses In this video: 0:00 Introduction 0:10 What is a clause? 0:19 What is a phrase? 0:50 What is an infinitive clause? 2:07 Infinitive clause examples 6:22 What is an infinitive phrase? 8:07 Using an infinitive phrase as a subject