If you want to wait, Ms Hobson will meet with you in a few minutes. What is the infinitive "to wait" in this sentence? Is it a noun, adjective or an adverb?
Every infinitive (to meet/to wait) is a verb form.
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Infinitives, infinitive phrases, gerunds (another verb form), and gerund phrases can be used as nouns. In this sentence, the infinitive "to wait" seems to be used as a noun.
Noun
To find the infinitive in this sentence, you can ask yourself, "What is the purpose or action being described?" In this case, the purpose or action being described is waiting.
The infinitive in this sentence is "to wait." It functions as a noun because it is the object of the verb "want."
To further verify this, you can also consider that the infinitive "to wait" can be replaced with a noun or pronoun. For example, you could say, "If you want patience, Ms. Hobson will meet with you in a few minutes." Here, "patience" is a noun that can replace the infinitive "to wait," confirming its function as a noun in the original sentence.