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5 the youngest person to ...
After a superlative, an infinitive can mean the same as a relative clause.
She's the youngest person ever to swim the Channel. (= ••• the youngest
person who has ever swum ... )
This structure is also common after first, last and next.
Who was the first woman to climb Everest?
The next to speak was Mrs Fenshaw.
Note that this structure is only possible in cases where the noun with the
superlative (or first etc) has a subject relationship with the following verb. In
other cases, infinitives cannot be used.
ls this the first time that you have stayed here? (NOT .•• the first time J.fat' }'61t
to stay here: time is not the subject of stay.)
After a superlative, an infinitive can mean the same as a relative clause.
She's the youngest person ever to swim the Channel. (= ••• the youngest
person who has ever swum ... )
This structure is also common after first, last and next.
Who was the first woman to climb Everest?
The next to speak was Mrs Fenshaw.
Note that this structure is only possible in cases where the noun with the
superlative (or first etc) has a subject relationship with the following verb. In
other cases, infinitives cannot be used.
ls this the first time that you have stayed here? (NOT .•• the first time J.fat' }'61t
to stay here: time is not the subject of stay.)
