a grammatical question Is "to buy"an object in the sentence"He runs to buy a pen."?If not ,what is it in the sentence?

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"Pen" is the object. "To buy" is the verb following the first verb, and therefore is infinitive. So the grammar of the sentence runs: "He (subject) runs (verb, 3rd person singular) to buy (verb, infinitive) a (indefinite article) pen (object).

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