infinitive
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4.2
- noun
- /ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv/
- Specialized
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infinitivo
- The English verbs were presented in the present progressive form, and the Spanish verbs were presented in the infinitive form.
- participles or infinitives
- infinitive form
- split infinitives
It's occasional infinitive, but Bayon is really the main.
- It's occasional infinitive, but Bayon is really the main.
- So being is actually showing us that thinking and being in the infinitive are the same thing.
- If it is infinitive, is it actually happening now?
Examples
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The infinitive form of the verb 'to eat' can be used in various grammatical structures.
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Aside from the split infinitive that was somewhere in the middle... that speech was actually quite perfect, wasn't it?
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So being is actually showing us that thinking and being in the infinitive are the same thing.
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Oz uses the same Hebrew root for the infinitive "to go out" as the Bible.
Academic text (2001) -
Errors on the infinitive accounted for 16% of the total morpheme errors and were produced by seven of the children.
Academic text (2012) -
In Spanish, an infinitive verb will end in either "ar," "er," or "ir."
Academic text (2012) -
For this activity, the teacher needs a list of verb infinitives and their English equivalents, which can be located in the textbook.
Academic text (2012) -
In English, the teacher establishes the tense—such as present or past—and calls the infinitive "to speak."
Academic text (2012) -
To understand grammar better, you need to recognize the role of the infinitive in sentences.
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An infinitive is often preceded by the word 'to', as in 'to run' or 'to read'.
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.2
A phrase where a word like 'boldly' comes between to and a verb, as in 'to boldly go'
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word infinitive comes from the Latin parts in- 'not' and finis 'end', and it shares the same root as infinite meaning 'without end', so an infinitive is the basic form of a verb that is not changed for tense, person, or number.