When expressing something in English, we, as second language speakers, often finds mistakes in choosing a word and the status of it in our pattern. In this case, we will discuss about when we use Bare-infinitive and To Infinitive. Bare-Infinitive is a base verb which has no"TO" in front of a verb, like; Speak (Bare-Infinitive) To speak (To Infinitive) For Indonesian learners, the differences, specially in its usage, takes a lot of time and energy to find the best answer. This topic, I hop, will solve the problem. Bare-Infinitive is always placed at: 1. After a subject, as in; Many people respect the hero. The word /respect/ is bare-inf. and the /many people/ is the subject. There will be a mistake when we say; Many people to respect the hero. 2. After object of certain verbs (e.g. let, help (USA),make etc), as in; He makes me cry . They never let me go . Please help me fix the car. (USA) Certain verbs here are makes, let and help. And, the bare-in
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