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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

To threaten..

Over the past few months, the BBC has been investigating a disturbing new phenomenon: the use of private or sexually explicit images to threaten, blackmail, or shame young people - mainly girls and women - in some of the most conservative societies in the world.
I read this at BBC website to improve my language.
Is the infinitive " to" needed for all the verbs-threaten, blackmail, or shame? Please elaborate on this basics of grammar.
Thanks
Jignesh
  

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Jigneshbharati Is the infinitive " to" needed for all the verbs-threaten, blackmail, or shame? That is the intent. The "to" of the infinitive (or any modal or auxiliary verb) may have an extended scope.

— CalifJim

  • Jigneshbharati Is the infinitive " to" needed for all the verbs-threaten, blackmail, or shame?
  • That is the intent.
  • The "to" of the infinitive (or any modal or auxiliary verb) may have an extended scope.
  • to [threaten, blackmail, or shame] = to threaten, to blackmail, or to shame They will [sing and dance].
  • = They will sing and they will dance.
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JigneshbharatiIs the infinitive " to" needed for all the verbs-threaten, blackmail, or shame?
That is the intent. The "to" of the infinitive (or any modal or auxiliary verb) may have an extended scope.

to [threaten, blackmail, or shame] = to threaten, to blackmail, or to shame

They will [sing and dance]. = They will sing and they w
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