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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Inifinitive

what are the structure of an infinitive?
  

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A simple infinitive is the dictionary or basic form of the verb and may or may not be preceded by the infinitive particle, to : I want to go . I helped clean up. The perfect infinitive is the infinitive of have (with or without to ) + the past participle of the main verb: I wanted to have gone .

  • A simple infinitive is the dictionary or basic form of the verb and may or may not be preceded by the infinitive particle, to : I want to go .
  • I helped clean up.
  • The perfect infinitive is the infinitive of have (with or without to ) + the past participle of the main verb: I wanted to have gone .
  • We should have cleaned up.
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A simple infinitive is the dictionary or basic form of the verb and may or may not be preceded by the infinitive particle, to:

I want to go.
I helped clean up.

The perfect infinitive is the infinitive of have (with or without to) + the past participle of the main verb:

I wanted to have gone.
We should have cleaned up.

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