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Phxsunstoon Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Bare infinitive?

We saw Jim run the track.

In the previous sentence, the word 'run' does not take the past tense form. Is it because run is in the bare infinitive form? If it is, how do you know when a verb is in bare infinitive form?
  

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phxsunstoon We saw Jim run the track. In the previous sentence, the word 'run' does not take the past tense form. Is it because run is in the bare infinitive form?

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  • phxsunstoon We saw Jim run the track.
  • In the previous sentence, the word 'run' does not take the past tense form.
  • Is it because run is in the bare infinitive form?
  • no In sentences like that, only the first verb is in the past tense.
  • He kicked the girl.
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phxsunstoonWe saw Jim run the track.
In the previous sentence, the word 'run' does not take the past tense form. Is it because run is in the bare infinitive form? no
In sentences like that, only the first verb is in the past tense.

He kicked the girl.
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So why is it kick not kicked? Knowing the reasoning behind why we do certain things in English helps me solve similar situation. Thanks.
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You have suggested the answer in your thread title. It's a bare infinititive, not a tensed form of the verb.
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