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I was walking past the advert for The Bachelor Australia by the bus stop yesterday and saw their slogan 'Watch love happen', I was wondering if that is right? Should love be singular/plural? Or is it because the show is The Bachelor, love is consider plural?

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

The bare infinitive is used after certain verbs of perception, such as see, hear, notice, feel

I watch my son play football.
I hear the bluebird sing every morning outside my window.
I felt the caterpillar crawl up my leg.

Mizansinha007 · Answer

Hi, AlpheccaStars, Please give me idea about "bare infinitive".
Thanks in advance.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

mizansinha007Hi, AlpheccaStars, Please give me idea about "bare infinitive".Thanks in advance.

Read this.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv226.shtml

It is a good summary about uses of the bare infinitive in English.

Mizansinha007 · Answer

Thanks a lot for your help, AlpheccaStars.
I read this. Really, that is not only enough, this is more than good enough for learning.

I need your help again regarding this, please

I have known, These are "modals". e.g. will, shall, would, could, can, may, might, must, should,ought to.

Are these modals? e.g. have to, need to, going to,decided to, needn't.
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When we are overloaded with new words our minds go blank and can’t take in any more.

Are these 'bare infinitive'?
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#1. I need to go ahead.
#2. You have to do it.
#3. I will study more and more in order to get a good result.
#4. I have come here to help you.
Is there 'to-infinitive' in the above sentences? I think, yes. these are (to go),(to do),(to get),(to help).

My question is that, Is this correct: to+verb= to-infinitive.

Thanks, AlpheccaStars.

CalifJim · Answer

mizansinha007These are "modals". e.g. will, shall, would, could, can, may, might, must, should,ought to.

I would not include 'ought to'.

'need' and 'dare' can be used as normal verbs or as modals, but as modals they can only be used in non-assertive contexts, not in plain statements.

'ought to', 'have to', 'going to' are sometimes called semi-modals.

'decide' is an ordinary, 'normal' verb, not a modal. Many ordinary verbs can be followed by a full infinitive (i.e., an infinitive with 'to'). That doesn't make them modal verbs. 'want', 'expect', 'hope', and 'like' also have this characteristic.

mizansinha007When we are overloaded with new words our minds go blank and can’t take in any more.Are these 'bare infinitives'?

go is not a bare infinitive. It is a present tense form. It goes with minds: Our minds go blank.
take is a bare infinitive. It goes with can't: Our minds can't take in any more.

The form of a bare infinitive and the form of a present tense can be exactly the same. Both look like the dictionary entry for the verb. When this form occurs after a modal verb, it's called a bare infinitive.

CJ

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Sometimes "dare" and "need" can be used as modals:

You needn't hurry. We have lots of time.
He didn't dare challenge his boss.

My question is that, Is this correct: to+verb= to-infinitive. Yes.

There are some special verbs, called catenative verbs, that can be followed by another verb form - the bare infinitive, the to-infinitive, or a gerund.

Here is a reference:http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_catenative_verbs

CalifJim · Answer

AlpheccaStarscan be used as modals: ... He didn't dare challenge his boss.

This is an interesting hybrid form — following the pattern of full verbs in its use of do support, and following the pattern of modals by its use of a bare infinitive. I think dare is the only verb that allows this, though Palmer (The English Verb) claims that need can do it but rarely does: He didn't need challenge his boss. (It sounds wrong to me, but there you are.)

CJ

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