Infinitive without to (Examples: go, speak)
The infinitive of a verb has two forms: the to-infinitive and the infinitive without to.
Infinitive without to:
We also use the infinitive without to after let, make and (optionally) help:
- She can sleep in the guest room tonight.
- Will you need to rent a car during your holiday?
- He lets us use some of his land to grow vegetables.
- You can’t make a cat do anything it doesn’t want to do.
- I just want to help you (to) understand the situation better
- I can speak Arabic
- Could you speak more slowly?
- It will rain tomorrow
- You should be at home
- Does he smoke?
- Don't go
- Let's have a drink
We don’t use the infinitive (with or without to) after prepositions:
I should be thankful for reading my blog .
Not: … I should be thankful for read … or … for to read … my blog.
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