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2. Here are some sentences with infinitives used as nouns.
infinitive into a gerund.
a) To gamble is a crime as well as a sin.
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b) To drink is a vice,
To pluck flowers is to spoil the garden.
d) Teach me how to read.
e)
To tell lies is to commit a sin.
To work is to worship.
g) To speak the truth is to love God.​

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Question 1: Did the prospect of meeting Stephen Hawking make the writer nervous? If so, why?

Answer: When normal people meet disabled people they tend to look sympathetic and give advice to have courage. The author was fed up of this attitude of normal people. He was apprehensive that some of the assistants of Professor Hawking may show same attitude. That is why he was nervous.