The Grammar Doctor

Q. Is "to sleep" in the following sentence a prepositional phrase?
The cat liked to sleep near the heating vent.

A. "To" is often a preposition, but when it occurs in front of a verb, like "to sleep," it is part of an infinitive. Infinitives are verb forms that function as something other than a verb.

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