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Anintita Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

to + infinitive or to + v ing?

I wonder when to use to + infinitive or to

I have seen that, for example, I love to play football and I dedicated myself to helping others.
Is there any common rule that explain this?
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Anintita to + infinitive That is a verb Anintita to That is a preposition. Anintita I love to play That is an infinitive complement to the verb 'love'. Anintita I dedicated myself to helping That is a prepositional phrase complement to the verb 'dedicated'.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anintita to + infinitive That is a verb Anintita to That is a preposition.
  • Anintita I love to play That is an infinitive complement to the verb 'love'.
  • Anintita I dedicated myself to helping That is a prepositional phrase complement to the verb 'dedicated'.
  • Each verb has its own idiomatic relationship with complements* I like dancing.
  • / I like to dance.
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Anintita to + infinitive
That is a verb
Anintita to
That is a preposition.
Anintita I love to play
That is an infinitive complement to the verb 'love'.
Anintita I dedicated myself to helping
That is a prepositional phrase complement to the
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"verb + to + infinitive", is a so-called catenative pattern. There are many verbs in English that can support this pattern, and basically you just have to learn them. See for example https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_catenative_verbs.

In the pattern "verb [+ obj.] +
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AnintitaIs there any common rule that explains this?
Not really.

See

CJ
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