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6 Infinitive and – ing form
6.1 Infinitive
We use infinitive with to:
After many verbs (agree, arrange, decide, expect, forget, hope, intend, manage, offer, need, plan, prefer, promise, try, want, et.) e.g.
She
agreed to help
me.
Did
you
manage to fix up
an appointment?
(Note how the negative is formed, e.g. I decided not go to the conference)
After some adjective (common, difficult, easy, good, great, important, necessary, quicker and other comparatives) e.g.
It´s
good to see
you again.
I found it
difficult to understand
him.
The Key board is
easy to operate.
Is it
necessary to book?
It’s
quicker to fly
.
For written action points following a meeting e.g.
Gl to contact Vj.
We use infinitives without to :
After do/don’t and the modal verbs can, could, might, should, would, must e.g.
Why
don’t
you
fax
him?
We
should
let
her know.
After day and let. E.g.
They
make
us
work
at weekends.
After would rather and had better e.g.
We´d better inform everyone.
I´d rather not go out this evening.
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