Bare infinitive by Alok Pandey
b'A bare infinitive is a base form of a verb.\\n\\nOnce we dive in English grammar, there are varieties of elements. Hence, to master it one needs to learn it. But the bare infinitive is nothing but the base form of a verb.\\n\\n\\ufffc\\n\\nAs we already have discussed the\\xa0infinitive\\xa0verb or full infinitive verb. The verb that is always followed by \\u201cto\\u201d\\xa0like to go, to help. For some examples:\\n\\nI am going to market\\xa0to buy\\xa0a pen\\n\\nThey were looking\\xa0to meet you.\\n\\nWe are planning\\xa0to go\\xa0to the movie.\\n\\nTherefor the sentence as mentioned above are comprising with the full infinitive verb (to go, to meet, to buy). Hence, these are called the full infinitive verb.\\n\\nMany English learners know this form of the infinitive that is comprising with \\u201cto\\u201d only.\\n\\nBut bare infinitive exist\\n\\nWhat is a bare infinite verb?\\n\\nA form of the verb that remains in its base form is called the bare infinitive verb. In other words, the infinitive without \\u2018to\\u2019 is called the bare infinitive.\\n\\nIts usage.\\n\\nAs we know that the all model auxiliary verb takes the verb base form.\\n\\nI shall\\xa0go\\xa0there.\\n\\nThey will\\xa0come\\xa0today.\\n\\nYou should\\xa0follow\\xa0the rules.\\n\\nShe\\xa0would\\xa0call you.\\n\\nYou may\\xa0try\\xa0it.\\n\\nShe might\\xa0come\\xa0today.\\n\\nJohn must\\xa0attend\\xa0this meeting.\\n\\nYou ought to\\xa0respect\\xa0elders.\\n\\nShe can\\xa0resolve\\xa0it.\\n\\nCertainly here we can say the all verb in the above sentences marked bold are in the base form. Hence, we can say that the bare infinitive verbs are used with model auxiliary verbs.\\n\\nWe use bare infinitive with causative verbs.\\n\\nI made him\\xa0clean\\xa0my room.\\n\\nLet him\\xa0go.\\n\\nI have my son\\xa0complete\\xa0a math exercise.\\n\\nI\\u2019m going to\\xa0have my\\xa0haircut\\xa0tomorrow.\\n\\nHe helped me\\xa0receive\\xa0my certificate.\\n\\nI help him\\xa0reach\\xa0here.\\n\\nI help the teacher\\xa0speak\\xa0English.\\n\\nTeachers help students\\xa0aggregate\\xa0good marks.\\n\\nShe helps her child\\xa0solve\\xa0the math question.\\n\\nWe use the bare infinitive after the phrasal verb better had.\\n\\nWe had better\\xa0take\\xa0something to eat, or we will be hungry later.\\n\\nIt\\u2019s getting late. You\\u2019d better\\xa0leave\\xa0now, or you will miss your bus.\\n\\nI had better\\xa0go\\xa0to bed, I have to be up early tomorrow.\\n\\nYou\\u2019d better\\xa0shut\\xa0up! (warning)\\n\\nMy team had better\\xa0win\\xa0tonight. (hope)\\n\\nYou\\u2019d better\\xa0take\\xa0an umbrella, or you will get wet.\\n\\nHe\\u2019d better\\xa0remember\\xa0to wear a neck-tie, or they won\\u2019t let him in the restaurant.\\n\\nI think I had better\\xa0take\\xa0them, or they will get lost.\\n\\nSimilarly, in all the sentences as listed above comprises with a bare infinitive those all are in bold.\\n\\nHence, the bottom line is, all the verb that remains in its base form, it is a bare infinitive.\\n\\nMust learn these important topics.\\n\\nWhat is a verb?\\n\\nNon-finite verb infinitive.\\n\\nGerund verb.\\n\\nParticiple grammar.\\n\\nModel verb.\\n\\nUse of could.\\n\\nWould.\\n\\nShould.\\n\\nMay and might.\\n\\nMust.\\n\\nUsed to.\\n\\nLinking verb.\\n\\nTransitive and intransitive verb.\\n\\nPrimary verb.\\n\\nRegular and irregular verb.\\n\\nCausative verb\\n\\nWill and shall.\\n\\nUse of other, others, and another.'