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Hello Daniel Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Intransitive Verbs with Infinitive
Can you explain why some verbs are followed by the preposition "to" and some are not? What is the rule when adding "to" after a verb?
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From your subject line, I would guess that you are asking about patterns such as "I like to play football" or "She seems to be angry". Is that right? In this case, "to" is an infinitive marker, not a preposition.
- From your subject line, I would guess that you are asking about patterns such as "I like to play football" or "She seems to be angry".
- Is that right?
- In this case, "to" is an infinitive marker, not a preposition.
- Preposition "to" after a verb would be something like "I go to school by bus".
- There is no "rule" to predict which verbs can be used in the catenative pattern "verb + to-infinitive".
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From your subject line, I would guess that you are asking about patterns such as "I like to play football" or "She seems to be angry". Is that right? In this case, "to" is an infinitive marker, not a preposition. Preposition "to" after a verb would be something like "I go to school by bus".
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