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Infinitives continued\u2026<\/div>\n
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  1. They are easily confused with prepositional phrases containing the preposition to.<\/i> If students learn early on when to is being used as part of an infinitive (when it is with any verb) and when it is used as a prepositional phrase (when it has an object following it), they will become better writers (for many reasons we will discuss later).<\/li>\n
      \n
    1. Infinitive: He wanted to run.<\/b><\/li>\n
    2. Prepositional phrases: They went to town.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n
      <\/div>\n
      3.  <\/span>Infinitives are easy to recognize
      because they always are to + verb.
      Examples:<\/p>\n

                      a. to think<\/p>\n

                      b. to be<\/p>\n

                      c. to show<\/p>\n

            3. To can also be a preposition (a word
      that shows position). To know if the to is an infinitive or a preposition,
      follow these rules:<\/p>\n

                      a. Look at the word following the to.<\/p>\n

                                   b. If the word following to is a verb, you know
      it is an infinitive. For
      example: to know<\/p>\n

                                  c. If the word following the to is anything else
      (noun, pronoun, adjective, etc.), it is a  prepositional phrase. For
      example: to the house<\/p>\n

         <\/p><\/div>\n

      4. Any verb can be an infinitive. It just has
      to have a to in front of it. <\/p>\n

       <\/p><\/div>\n

      5. The to is part of the infinitive. For
      example: in the case of to see, the complete verb is to see, not just see. <\/div>\n
      <\/div>\n
      <\/div>\n
      Tomorrow: Infinitive \u201cpop\u201d quiz\u2026can you tell the difference between an infinitive and a preposition with to? J<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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