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Sentence count:79+3Posted:2017-09-05Updated:2020-07-24
Similar words: definitiveinfiniteinfinityinfinitudeinfinitelyad infinituminfinitesimalinitiativeMeaning: [ɪn'fɪnətɪv]  n. the uninflected form of the verb. 
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(31) As for the grammatical meaning of the bare infinitive, the following remarks can be made.
(32) And if to is completely meaningless when used with the infinitive, why isn't it tending to disappear completely?
(33) In some of its uses, the to infinitive evokes an event as non-realized or yet to be realized.
(34) Here also the infinitive evokes an event which actually occurred but which very well might not have.
(35) In this respect cause recalls the impression of an enabling condition associated with the verb help when used with the to infinitive.
(36) They present an interesting problem of usage because both can be construed with either infinitive.
(37) Treating to as meaningless in some or all of its uses with the infinitive raises several serious problems however.
(38) This is, for example, the distinction between the infinitive of purpose and the infinitive of result.
(39) The coincidence between let and the infinitive is slightly obscured here by the use of let as an imperative.
(40) Independently of any other verb, the bare infinitive here expresses an event as a possibility, a rejected possibility.
(41) Such examples confirm the view of the infinitive proposed here because they evoke its lexical content as something prospective.
(42) The view of to proposed here allows one, furthermore, to account for the two major uses of the to infinitive.
(43) Where do evokes the infinitive as a reality, the modals evoke it as a potentiality.
(44) One neat little pair with opposing senses is that of the suffix-ing and the to of the infinitive.
(45) For instance, the past tense of regular verbs is expressed by adding -d or -ed to the infinitive.
(46) Are they distinct forms of the verb or simply variants of a single verb form - the infinitive?
(47) Infinitival usage after how and why thus confirms our analysis of the way the modals are put into relation with the infinitive.
(48) The use of the infinitive after see is not an isolated case moreover.
(49) Convincing confirmation of this analysis is provided by the interrogative adverbs how and why in their use with the infinitive.
(50) Are you forbidden to ever split an infinitive?
(51) I. We use gerund after preposition, not infinitive.
(52) Tell sbb + infinitive is used for commands.
(53) To go is an infinitive.
(54) The infinitive of the verb'must'is wanting.
(55) Remember to never split an infinitive.
(56) It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.
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(57) Used alone to avoid repetition of the whole infinitive.
(58) The infinitive form of a verb has no subject attached.
(59) In English an infinitive is often used with the word " to ".
(60) The verb " let " , unlike " permit " , is construed with an infinitive omitting the " to ".
More similar words: definitiveinfiniteinfinityinfinitudeinfinitelyad infinituminfinitesimalinitiativetake the initiativedefinitionredefinitiongenitivepunitivecognitivecognitivelycognitive psychologycognitive neuroscienceconfiningunfinishedfiniteaffinitydefiniteindefinitedefinitelyinitialrhinitisinitiateab initioinitiallyindefinitely
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