The following verbs only take the to-infinitive as their object.
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To-infinitive
Synonyms for "to-infinitive" (13 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (4)
Noun(4 words)
Related words (6)
Noun(5 words)
nonfinite formpurpose infinitiveto programto-infinitive clauseto-infinitive-like
Preposition(1 words)
to infinitive construction
Related word relations
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More general
4 entriesgrammatical forminfinitive phrasenonfinite formverb form
More specific
8 entriesadverbial infinitiveinfinitive clauseinfinitive of purposeobject infinitivepurpose infinitivesubject infinitiveto-infinitive clauseto-infinitive phrase
Collocations
10 entriesbare infinitiveinfinitive clauseinfinitive phraseobject infinitivesubject infinitiveto-infinitive clauseto-infinitive formto-infinitive markerto-infinitive phraseto-infinitive usage
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
As it turned out, much previous work on the subject is based on two assumptions about the situation of the to'''-infinitive in OE that have never been tested, but have, through constant reiteration, achieved the status of axioms: first, that the categorial status of the to'''-infinitive in OE is PP; and secondly, that the to'''-infinitive spread at the expense of the infinitive without to, the bare infinitive (see below, ยงยง1.2 and 1.3).
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