http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/BareInfinitiveFollowedThan/jkmlr/post.htm#808526Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:23:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:808526myid0http://www.englishforums.com/English/BareInfinitiveFollowedThan/jkmlr/post.htm#808526http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-808526.xmlDear All, Thank you very much for your help. I owed you a lot.http://www.englishforums.com/English/BareInfinitiveFollowedThan/jkmlr/post.htm#805099Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:58:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:805099pkr1http://www.englishforums.com/English/BareInfinitiveFollowedThan/jkmlr/post.htm#805099http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-805099.xmlMy try:   All NPR did was (to) repurpose its own material for podcasts. NPR has done much more than (All NPR did was (to) ) simply repurpose its own material for podcasts. NPR has done much more than simply repurpose its own material for podcasts.   The bare infinitive is found characteristically in pseudo-cleft sentences, where the infinitival to is optional:  What they did was (to) dig a shallow channel around the tent.http://www.englishforums.com/English/BareInfinitiveFollowedThan/jkmlr/post.htm#804938Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:48:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:804938CalifJim2http://www.englishforums.com/English/BareInfinitiveFollowedThan/jkmlr/post.htm#804938http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-804938.xmlI can find many examples in which bare infinitive is followed by than. Are they grammatically correct? If so, please explain to me why bare infinitive is used. I think you mean &quot;preceded by than &quot;. Yes. They are correct. Many uses of an infinitive after than take to optionally . What could we do other than (to) wait? Jack prefers to sing rather than (to) dance. Is it better to be good than (to) do good? When there is no verb before than that parallels, in some sense, the verb after than , the to seems to be required. There was no option other than to run for our lives. ?There was no option other than run for our lives. Note that inflected forms can also occur after than . The chairman was so angry that you could...http://www.englishforums.com/English/BareInfinitiveFollowedThan/jkmlr/post.htm#804710Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:41:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:804710Yankee3http://www.englishforums.com/English/BareInfinitiveFollowedThan/jkmlr/post.htm#804710http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-804710.xmlHi Myid I can find many examples in which bare infinitive is followed by than. I assume you meant to say &quot;in which than is followed by a bare infinitive&quot;. I think CB has given you good examples that illustrate the logical omission of &quot;to&quot; before the base form of a verb in many cases. In addition, I&#39;d like to add that there are simply a number of grammatical situations in which you can choose either the to-infinitive or the bare infinitive. So, why don&#39;t you just look at the word &quot;to&quot; as having been ellided rather than drive yourself crazy over the question? (Note that I used &quot;rather than drive&quot; in my last sentence.) I notice that all of your examples contain &quot;much more...http://www.englishforums.com/English/BareInfinitiveFollowedThan/jkmlr/post.htm#804545Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:24:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:804545myid4http://www.englishforums.com/English/BareInfinitiveFollowedThan/jkmlr/post.htm#804545http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-804545.xmlDear CB, You mean &quot;do&quot; is used as auxilary verb in my examples? Can you explain what is the grammatical function of &quot;done&quot; in the following sentence? You don&#39;t say it is used for emphasis. NPR has done much more than simply repurpose its own material for podcasts. In addtion, I don&#39;t understand what you mean by &quot;He does more than like her.&quot; If does is used as auxiliary verb, so it can be removed, the setence will be &quot;He more than likes her.&quot; Is this grammartically correct? Apart from the grammar, I don&#39;t get the meaning.http://www.englishforums.com/English/BareInfinitiveFollowedThan/jkmlr/post.htm#804508Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:50:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:804508Cool Breeze5http://www.englishforums.com/English/BareInfinitiveFollowedThan/jkmlr/post.htm#804508http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-804508.xmlFor your reference, I know that zero infinitive can be used in several cases like after auxiliary verbs, causative verbs, etc. But, I can&#39;t find any articles confirming &quot;to&quot; can be left out after &quot;than&quot;. The omission of to has nothing to do with than. To is omitted because of do: Do you to like him? Does he to know it? I did n&#39;t to see it. He does to like her. He does more than to like her. CBhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/BareInfinitiveFollowedThan/jkmlr/post.htmFri, 03 Jul 2009 13:18:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:804474myid6http://www.englishforums.com/English/BareInfinitiveFollowedThan/jkmlr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-804474.xmlDear all, Nobody answers my below question, so I am posting this again. Please someone helps me out. I can find many examples in which bare infinitive is followed by than. Are they grammatically correct? If so, please explain to me why bare infinitive is used. For your reference, I know that zero infinitive can be used in several cases like after auxiliary verbs, causative verbs, etc. But, I can&#39;t find any articles confirming &quot;to&quot; can be left out after &quot;than&quot;. Thank you. NPR has done much more than simply repurpose its own material for podcasts. The Soviet regime did much more than simply occupy territories. Food does so much more than simply fill our bellies.