tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991047531354058511.post6296842241300687477..comments2024-01-31T17:32:52.052-06:00Comments on whilldtkwriter site 4 ayes: Some Verb-ose Observations 2whilldtkwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00461639705305459417noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991047531354058511.post-90873412328935129802013-01-29T04:55:17.360-06:002013-01-29T04:55:17.360-06:00Thanks for your response. I am sooo rusty on diagr...Thanks for your response. I am sooo rusty on diagramming sentences! The first example is excellent. Regarding the second example, the response is an incomplete sentence, so I'm not sure it falls in the bare infinitive use. A complete sentence response might be "I want to go to the movies". Visit http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/want%5B1%5D and see some similar examples near the top.whilldtkwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00461639705305459417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991047531354058511.post-2416423508600017202013-01-28T06:39:26.471-06:002013-01-28T06:39:26.471-06:00I was surprised, a long time ago, to learn that En...I was surprised, a long time ago, to learn that English also occasionally has a "bare" infinitive, i.e. an infinitive without the <i>to</i>. An example is the <i>run</i> in "I watched her run the race." We can also have a bare infinitive in response to a question: "What do you want to do tomorrow night?" — "Go to the movies."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com