Thanks, Ted. Interesting. "Apt" seems to take the infinitive. Always.

Am I missing something by assuming that "likely" does, as well? Or should I just get with the flow of the language, moving forward, and re-tune my ears to accept "It will likely rain" instead of the more proper "It is likely to rain" ?

The good thing about our language is that it keeps on changing. The bad thing is that I sometimes have a hard time keeping up with it!

(And don't get me started on using the word "done" when the word "finished" is more appropriate!)

Okay, then, I'm done. (Yikes!)

--the grammarian troglodyte. Must be the rain, today!