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Look the below sentence please:
To be honest, I didn't do anything
Here, is "To be honest" a phrase? If it is a phrase, then what kind of phrase it is? I know phrase does not have subject verb combination and "To be honest" has no subject verb combination.
"To be honest" is an infinitive clause. Infinitive clauses sometimes omit the subject, or have the subject implied. Here the subject is omitted, and the verb is "to be".
It is also a phrase. Most clauses are also phrases.
