0 the basic form of a verb that usually follows 'to'. In the sentence 'She decided to leave.', 'to leave' is an infinitive. -- bezokolicznik
People now regularly split their infinitives, dangle their par ticiples, and end sentences with prepositions.
If particular verbs happen to occur predominantly as infinitives, the child will start using this form first.
It is worth noting that concrete action verbs had a particularly high proportion of infinitives reflecting modal use.
It is divided into two rules, one for infinitives with a subject, and one for infinitives without.
In over 400 do + infinitive examples from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, all but about 50 are accomplishments, and some two dozen are achievements.
Second, orientation in my study was based on the so-called irregular verb forms, which were obviously different from the italicized infinitive forms of the verbs.
Heuristics are used only for apposition, embedded infinitive clauses, and nominal postmodifications.
If infinitives did not raise overtly, but objects in subordinate clauses did, the order is explained.
