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MUSCOVITE Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
they'll go have lunch
Hi,
Ex: If they get this PC fixed soon, they will go have lunch.
Need your help with the highlighted part.
(1) Isn't have lunch an infinitive here?
(2) Why is there no 'to' before 'have lunch in the main clause?
'Go' is no modal verb after all?
All I know is that 'to' can be omitted (before an infinitive) if it follows such verbs as "to help" or "to make".
Could you please comment on this piece of (American) English grammar in general?
mus-te
Ex: If they get this PC fixed soon, they will go have lunch.
Need your help with the highlighted part.
(1) Isn't have lunch an infinitive here?
(2) Why is there no 'to' before 'have lunch in the main clause?
'Go' is no modal verb after all?
All I know is that 'to' can be omitted (before an infinitive) if it follows such verbs as "to help" or "to make".
Could you please comment on this piece of (American) English grammar in general?
mus-te
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MUSCOVITE (1) Isn't have lunch an infinitive here? 'Have' is; 'lunch' is not. MUSCOVITE (2) Why is there no 'to' before 'have lunch in the main clause?
- MUSCOVITE (1) Isn't have lunch an infinitive here?
- 'Have' is; 'lunch' is not.
- MUSCOVITE (2) Why is there no 'to' before 'have lunch in the main clause?
- but only in imperative and simple present indicative.
- MUSCOVITE 'Go' is no modal verb after all?
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MUSCOVITE(1) Isn't have lunch an infinitive here?'Have' is; 'lunch' is not.
MUSCOVITE(2) Why is there no 'to' before 'have lunch in the main clause?It is an informal variation used (almost?) exclusively with 'come' and 'go'...but only in imperative and simple present indicative.
MUSCOVITE'Go' is no
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