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Nddad Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Bare Infinitive usage

1b001) He made her (to) type up the letter.02b02br
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01b002) We saw her (to) wash the dishes.02b02br
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01b00Q1) Why should we use bare infinitive in these sentences ?02b02br
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01b00Q2) Is there any difference in meaning between with (to) and without (to) in the sentence?02b02br
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01b003) We helped him get on a taxi. <-> 02b00 We helped him to get on a taxi.02br
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01b00Q1) Is there any difference in meaning between with (to) and without (to) in the sentence?02b02br
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01b00Thanks for your help.02b02br
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01b00Regards, Terry02b0-
  

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02b 00 02font 00Because that is the standard usage with these two verbs. 02font 02b 02br 02br 00'To' with #1 does not make any sense. 02br 02br 00'To' with #2 gives the meaning 'We saw her01u 00 in order to02u 00 wash the dishes'.

— Clive

  • 02b 00 02font 00Because that is the standard usage with these two verbs.
  • 02font 02b 02br 02br 00'To' with #1 does not make any sense.
  • 02br 02br 00'To' with #2 gives the meaning 'We saw her01u 00 in order to02u 00 wash the dishes'.
  • This sounds like we went to her and said 'We want to wash the dishes, please permit us to'.
  • 02br 02br 01b 003) We helped him get01i 01del 00 on02del 02i 01font 00 in(to)02font 00 a taxi.
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0Hi,02br
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01b01font001) He made her (to) type up the letter.02font02b02br
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01b01font002) We saw her (to) wash the dishes.02font02b02br
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01font01b00Q1) Why should we use bare infinitive in t
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0Clive,02br
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00In my understanding, there's no special reason why bare infinitive is used in the sentence. And it's standard usage.02br
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00Is it correct ?? 02br
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00Thanks a lot. Terry0-
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0Hi,02br
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00You could say that. Or you could say that some verbs require the bare infinitive.02br
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00Clive0-
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0Use the bare infinitive, not the full infinitive, after the modals (01i00can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might, must02i00).02br
00Use the bare infinitive, not the full infinitive, after forms of the verbs 01i00make, let, have, see, hear, watch, listen to, feel 02i00and an object.02br
00Use either the bare infinit
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0 In addition to what has been said: 01u00never02u00 use a bare/plain infinitive after a verb in the 01font00passive voice02font00:02br
01i00He 01font00was made02font00 01b00to02b00 write an apology. He 01font00wa
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"let" and "make" are two verbs that we should always use bare infinitive after.

e.g. :My teacher let me come in. NOt: My teacher let me to come in.

my brother made me grow up brave. NOT: my brother made me to grow up brave

"help" can be with both bare infinitive and infinitive.

e.g.: Jack's mother helped me learn cooking. OR :Ja
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