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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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English grammar using the word to
In English we say “mom told me to clean my room” or “mom asked me to clean my room” but the word “to” isn’t used when we say “mom made me clean my room”. Why is the word “to” dropped in the last example?
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Each verb acts differently when infinitives are added. 'Make' takes the bare infinitive (no 'to'). 'Make (someone) do' is called a coercive verb.
- Each verb acts differently when infinitives are added.
- 'Make' takes the bare infinitive (no 'to').
- 'Make (someone) do' is called a coercive verb.
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Each verb acts differently when infinitives are added. 'Make' takes the bare infinitive (no 'to'). 'Make (someone) do' is called a coercive verb.
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