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In which sentence does the underlined infinitive phrase function as a subject? The goal of the new train station is to move more trains from the station to the city. The commuters were excited to ride on the new high-speed trains. To quickly move large groups of people is the purpose of public transportation.

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The answer to your question would be that the sentence in which the underlined infinitive phrase functions as the subject is the following one: To quickly move large groups of people is the purpose of public transportation.

An infinitive clause is a subordinate clause whose verb is in this infinitive form. Moreover, they are not introduced by a subordinating conjunction.

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The sentence in which the underlined infinitive phrase functions as a subject is the last one - to quickly move large groups of people is the purpose of public transportation.
To quickly move is the infinitive phrase, and it is a subject.
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