Otto JespersenA Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles
Volume 5, Syntax (fourth volume)
1. Introductory 2. Simple nexus as ordinary object 3. Simple nexus as
object of result 4. Various remarks on nexus-objects 5. Simple nexus as
regimen of a preposition 6. A simple nexus as tertiary 7.
Nexus-substantives 8. The gerund. Substantive nature 9. The gerund. Verbal
nature 10. The infinitive 11. The infinitive. Subject and predicative 12.
Infinitive as object 13. To-infinitive as object 14. Infinitive governed by
prepositions 15. The infinitive as tertiary 16. The infinitive as tertiary
17. Infinitives of reaction and specification 18. Subject + infinitive as
object of main verb 19. Subject + infinitive in other employments 20. Final
remarks on infinitives 21. Clauses as tertiaries 22. Implied dependent
nexus 23. Negation 14. Requests 15. Questions