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 ''Learning grammar is boring, but to know a little is quite useful''
+* "learning" = gerund (noun)
+** "grammar" = the object of the gerund "learning
+* "is" = finite verb
+** the subject of "is" is the gerund (non-finitve verb) "learning"
+* "to know" = infinitive
+** "to know" is acting as a noun and is the subject of the verb of the second clause "is"
+*** "a little" is the object of the subject (infinitive) "to know"
 whereas both “learning” and “to know” are the subjects (nouns) of the two verbs “is”, they convey the action of learning and knowing.