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In the sentence, "Who are you to judge?", what is 'to judge'. Is that the verb or is the verb 'are'?

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The verb is "are." "To judge" is an infinitive phrase. I think it'd be classified as an adverbial modifier of "are."

Undoing the inversion that makes the sentence a question, you get "You...are (to judge)...who."
 

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You da man...er...woman:) . Thanks for the answer and quick response. You settled a bet.
 
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