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INFINITIVE - Coggle Diagram
INFINITIVE
bare infinitive
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2.After modal verbs except the verb ought.You should have helped that old lady. Matthew can run really fast!
3.After verbs denoting sense perception, such as to hear, to see, to feel, etc.I have never seen you dance before. I heard him fall from the stairs.Note. The verb to be after the verb to feel is used with the particle to:
I felt this to be very true.
4.After the verb to let,to make в значении «заставлять», to have в значении «заставлять, велеть, допускать», to bid в значении «предлагать, приглашать».Let me rest a bit.My mom made me cook yesterday.
5. After the verb to know when its meaning approaches that of t0 see, to observe (the verb to know never has this meaning in the Present Indefinite).I have so often known a change of medicine work wonders.
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7. After the expressions had better; would rather; would sooner; can¬not but, nothing butf cannot choose but.I cannot but laugh.You had better go to bed now than play computer games.
8. In sentences of a special type (infinitive sentences) beginning with why.Why not come to us and have some drinks?
the infinitive has tense and aspect distinctions; the infinitive of transitive verbs has also voice distinctions.
1.The Indefinite Infinitive expresses an action simultaneous with the action expressed by the finite verb, so it may refer to the present, past or future.I'm glad to meet you.
I want to help you. Passive Indefinite Infinitive.This letter needs to be written today.
2.The Continuous Infinitive also denotes an action simultaneous with that expressed by the finite verb, but it is an action in progress. Thus the continuous infinitive is not only a tense form, but also an aspect form, expressing both time relations and the manner in which the action is presented.The weather seems to be changing.
3.The Perfect Infinitive denotes an action prior to the action expressed by the finite verb.She will pretend to have lost all her money. It was very nice of Matt to have come to us. Passive Perfect InfinitiveThis house seems to have been rebuilt already.This book must have been written by Dickens.
4.The Perfect Continuous Infinitive denotes an action which lasted a certain time before the action of the finite verb. It is not only a fence form, but also an aspect form.Jack seems to have been living here since his childhood.I was glad to have been working there for 10 years.
The nominal character of the infinitive is manifested in its syntactic functions. The infinitive can be used:
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