Read the sentence. According to the latest reports sent to us, orangutans prefer to remain safely in their original habitats. Why can the infinitive phrase be classified as a noun?

A) It functions as the subject.

B) It functions as the direct object.

C) It functions as the subject complement.

D) It functions as the object of the preposition.

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Jolee

4 December, 06:24

Read the sentence. According to the latest reports sent to us, orangutans prefer to remain safely in their original habitats. Why can the infinitive phrase be classified as a noun?

A) It functions as the subject.

B) It functions as the direct object.

C) It functions as the subject complement.

D) It functions as the object of the preposition.

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Darryl Mitchell · Answer 1

The correct answer is B. it functions as the direct object. The infinitive phrase in this sentence is to remain safely. The easiest way to determine whether a word is a direct object is to ask the question - What? So, what do orangutans prefer? To remain safely ... This way we know that this phrase is the direct object of the verb to prefer.