... the verb.
Infinitives with to are referred to specifically as TO-INFINITIVES, in order to distinguish them from
BARE INFINITIVES, in which to is absent:
To-infinitive Bare infinitive
Help ... non-gradable:
my main reason for coming ~*my very main reason for coming
the principal role in the play ~*the very principal role in the play
As well as taking modifying words like very ... using a main
verb, we cannot invert:
[John sings] in the choir ~*[Sings John] in the choir?
Instead, we have to use the auxiliary verb do:
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My sister spoke French on holiday Past Finite
It...
...
John gave up smoking because of his doctor’s advice.
He insisted on
taking the bus instead of the plane.
Hery is thinking of
going to France next year.
Fred confessed to
stealing the jewels ... goodbye without knowing that they were never to meet again.
Since 1840, American Presidents elected in years ending in zero were
to be died (have been
destined to die) in office.
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tại, còn một ở tương lai.
Now we are learning
English here, but by this time tomorrow we will be attending the meeting...
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