Examples of infinitive as object complement

The driver failed to see another car in time. The driver failed to see another car in time. (see time. Another car is an object complement. )

I happen to know the answer to your question. I happen to know the answer to your question. Know that the answer to your question is object complement. )

I know she won't lose the game. I'm sure she won't lose the game. (fail matching is an object complement. )

I believe that he is honest. I think he is honest. Honesty is the complement of the object. )

An introduction to infinitives as object verbs: can they afford it? (affordable), agree (agree), aim (try), appear (appear), arrange (ask), try (try), care (want), choose (decide), advocate (advocate) and condescending (condescending).

Verb infinitive usage

The infinitive is the form of "to+ verb prototype", but sometimes it does not take to. Its negation is to add not before to, that is, the infinitive of "not to+ verb prototype" has no change in person and number, so it cannot be used as a predicate in a sentence.

1, as an object complement: verbs that often follow infinitives as object complements include ask/tell/want/expect/like/wouldlike, etc.

He asked me to talk about learning English. He asked me to talk about learning English.

2. As a subject, this structure often appears in students' daily study, and it has been a high-frequency test center for years.

For example, it is not easy to master a language. Mastering a language is not an easy task.

Analysis: To master a language is to take the infinitive as the subject and the predicate verb of the sentence, not to deny the predicate verb. The easy thing is the other components of the sentence.