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Cup cake Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
The infinitive
Hi Everyone,
I have a question about 'the infinitive'.
I thought the infinitive is the verb plus 'to'; to go, to walk, to swim...
My understanding is that verb without the 'to' is the bare verb, or bare infinitive.
However, I've just seen this from the Cambridge free dictionary online, and it says...
' B1 the basic form of a verb that usually follows "to": In the sentences "I had to go" and "I must go", "go" is an infinitive. "Go" is the infinitive form.'
I would like to get this right please.
How would you define the infinitive to a student?
Many thanks,
Miss 'infinite'...
I have a question about 'the infinitive'.
I thought the infinitive is the verb plus 'to'; to go, to walk, to swim...
My understanding is that verb without the 'to' is the bare verb, or bare infinitive.
However, I've just seen this from the Cambridge free dictionary online, and it says...
' B1 the basic form of a verb that usually follows "to": In the sentences "I had to go" and "I must go", "go" is an infinitive. "Go" is the infinitive form.'
I would like to get this right please.
How would you define the infinitive to a student?
Many thanks,
Miss 'infinite'...
Top answer
i generally speak of the bare infinitive and the to- infinitive.
- i generally speak of the bare infinitive and the to- infinitive.
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i generally speak of the bare infinitive and the to- infinitive.
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