Основы теории английского языка. Листунова Е.И. - 55 стр.

      I meant (thought or intended) to have written a line to you.
I quite expected you to have been here before six o’clock. This is a
speech which I meant to have delivered at the annual meeting of our
society. He hoped to have come.
      - /intended to come leaves the question open as to whether or
not the intention was fulfilled.
      3. The infinitive of transitive verbs has voice distinctions:
      Active: to write, to have written.
      Passive: to be written, to have been written.
      Active: I’m glad to hear you say so (Bronte). I want you to give
o me some information (London).
      Passive: ...He caused it [the dining-table] to be removed...
(Galsworthy). There is only one thing to be done (Cronin).
      Compare: I cannot trifle or be trifled with (Dickens).
      Note. — At first the infinitive had only one form (active or
indifferent) which had either an active or a passive meaning. In the
course of time a passive form of the infinitive developed. Traces of the
old indifferent form with a passive meaning are still found in the
following sentences:
      They were not to blame (= to be blamed).
      The reason is not far to seek (= to be sought).
      There is a lot to see there (= to be seen).
      The house is to let (= to be let).




     4. In common with the finite verb, the infinitive may have an
object; if the verb is transitive, it has a direct object:
     He saw Irene come in, pick up the telegram, and read it
(Galsworthy).
     5. The infinitive is modified by an adverb:
     He saw her pause irresolutely at the door... (Dickens). At this
moment a striking incident made the boys pause suddenly in their
walk (Eliot).




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