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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

reduced infinitive

When do we use reduced infinitive after the verb 'want' in a sentence?
  

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Hi Reduced Infinitive just means that you use 'to' without putting a verb after it - Why do you do that? - Because I want to Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Hi Reduced Infinitive just means that you use 'to' without putting a verb after it - Why do you do that?
  • - Because I want to Dave
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Hi

Reduced Infinitive just means that you use 'to' without putting a verb after it

- Why do you do that?
- Because I want to

Dave
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... so I think the reduced infinitive is OK if the missing verb is already implied in what has been said before:

- I've never been to New York but I want to

Dave
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