eniglish infinitives
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| infinitive as a noun | can be used as subjects, subject complements, direct objects, objects of the preposition, and appositives
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| subject | starts the sentence, usually
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| direct object | follows an a ction verb
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| subject complement | follows a linking verb
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| object of the prepositon | follows a preposition
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| appositive | in commas
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| infinitive used as a direct object | may be preceded by a noun or pronoun
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| appositive | is a word or a group of words put after a noun or pronoun to rename it or give more information about it
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| infinitives as adjectives | inifinitives can be used as adjectives to describe a noun or pronoun
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| inifinitives as adverbs | infinitives are used as advers when they express the purpose, the cause, or the result of an action. an inifinitive used as an adverb may modify a verb, an adjective, or an adverb
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| hidden infinitives | someetimes infinitives appear in sentences without the word to
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| hidden infinitives 1 | often after words of perceptionhear, see, feel, know, behold, etc.
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| hidden infinitives2 | also after the verbs let, make, dare, need and help
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| hidden infinitive3 | the word to is also amitted after prepositions but, except
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| split infinitives | good writers know to avoid these. they occur when an adverb is inserted between to and the verb/inifinitive. to avoid a split infinitive put the adverb where it sounds best.
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