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Types Of Infinitive






































                           Full infinitives                                                                                                  Bare infinitives













              Full  infinitives,  also                                                                                              Bare                                       infinitives,






              known                                               as                            to-                                 also  known  as  zero






              infinitives,  are  the                                                                                                infinitives,                                                                  are






              most                                                    common                                                        formed  without  to





              infinitives  in  writing.                                                                                             —you  simply  use






              You can create a full                                                                                                 the  base  form  of  a





              infinitive  by  taking                                                                                                verb                                   within                                           a






              the  base  form  of  a                                                                                                sentence.  As  you






              verb and adding to in






              front                               of                    it.                   For                                   can  imagine,  this





              example, the verb be                                                                                                  gets  confusing,  but






              —which                                            is                   often                                          thankfully                                                              bare






              conjugated to is, are,                                                                                                infinitives  are  less





              was, were, etc.                                                                                                       common  than  full





                                                                                                                                    infinitives.
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