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Laborious Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Use of "how to + base verb"

Hi: I want to ask you something about the phrase/structure "how to + base verb", please. When should we use it and what grammatical function does it perform in the sentence?
  

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" My answer to this question is: When you add a sentence or a phrase before your structure as follows: I don't know how to help you. He was in danger, but I didn't know how to help him. He found a way how to escape.

— Joseph A

  • " My answer to this question is: When you add a sentence or a phrase before your structure as follows: I don't know how to help you.
  • He was in danger, but I didn't know how to help him.
  • He found a way how to escape.
  • Then, it depends your ability how you can build your sentences including "how to+base" PS.
  • Your question is interesting.
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Hello Laborious,

I can answer one of your questions which is "When should we use (How to+base verb)?"

My answer to this question is: When you add a sentence or a phrase before your structure as follows:

I don't know how to help you.

He was in danger, but I didn't know how to help him.

He found a way how to escape.

Then, it depends your ability how

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The "how" + infinitival clause construction is typically used in subordinate interrogative infinitival clauses that express direction questions in order to elicit information. Such clauses have a deontic (modal) meaning, as if the modal auxiliary verb "should" were included. They function as complement to verbs, adjectives, prepositions and nouns: in the following examples, the clauses

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