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The infinitive is the basic form of a verb. If you don't know a verb and look it up in a dictionary, the dictionary gives you the infinitive, or more precisely the plain/bare present infinitive of the verb in question: speak, know, need etc. The full infinitive has the particle to before it:...

. I think you misunderstood. Have to + infinitive : I have to study; We have to speak English . 'Have (got) to ' is classified as a semi-auxiliary verb, and 'to ', I believe, is called an infinitive particle'.

Cool Breeze wrote: Grammarian-bot wrote: Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can care for sick or newborn children. I have a serious problem with deciding when to use prepositions before verbs and when not to. Any...

Grammarian-bot wrote: Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can care for sick or newborn children. I have a serious problem with deciding when to use prepositions before verbs and when not to. Any help/suggestions. Hi GB The...

It's a very difficult subject - to use 'to'or 'for' My family is very important to me. That is the right sentence. a) I sent a letter to Mary. In that sentence I wrote a letter to Mary and sent it to her in another city, country... b) I sent a letter for Mary. In that one Mary...