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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Inifinitive verbs

Why do infinitive verbs need to have the word to in front of them?
  

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So you know they're infinitives. Otherwise they could be imperatives or the present tense. But don't use the to after modal verbs like can and must !

  • So you know they're infinitives.
  • Otherwise they could be imperatives or the present tense.
  • But don't use the to after modal verbs like can and must !
  • CJ
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So you know they're infinitives. Otherwise they could be imperatives or the present tense.
But don't use the to after modal verbs like can and must!

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