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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Like (prep) + ing or base form

I was reading an article and I found this sentence:

"Sometimes Farmers want volunteers to do things like build stone walls"

Why is "build" in base form?
  

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Anonymous Why is "build" in base form? It is an infinitive in parallel with 'to do'.

  • Anonymous Why is "build" in base form?
  • It is an infinitive in parallel with 'to do'.
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AnonymousWhy is "build" in base form?
It is an infinitive in parallel with 'to do'.

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