Three generations of our family have helped visitors have life-changing experiences with some of the most majestic creatures on the planet. Weâre blessed to live in whatâs been called âthe American Serengeti,â with some of the highest concentration of whales and dolphins and sea life anywhere in the world â including our totem species, the orca.
When we use the word 'to' before a verb in a sentence, we are using the infinitive verb form. However, what can be confusing is that the infinitive phrase -- 'to' plus a verb -- does not act like a verb at all but rather takes on the role of a noun, adjective or adverb in a sentence.nfinitives as Adjectives. Now, we will take a look at how infinitives can be used as adjectives in sentences. Take a look at these examples: 'Terrence lacked the motivation to succeed.' In this sentence, the phrase 'to succeed' modifies the noun 'motivation' and takes the role of an adjective.
For contrast, the example also shows how the Item property (the indexer in C#) throws exceptions when attempting to retrieve nonexistent keys. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the Dictionary<TKey, TValue> class (openWith is the name of the Dictionary used in this example).