Marcus Stein
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Can you find which sentence uses the infinitive correctly?
Which sentence uses an infinitive correctly?
She enjoys to swim in the ocean.
He forgot closing the door.
I want to learn Spanish.
They suggested to go out.
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3 oct. 2024 13:20
Corrections · 2
Can you find which sentence uses the infinitive most naturally? Your question would be valid if you changed its wording from "correctly" to "least awkwardly" or "most naturally". Some of the choices are less common than others but none is wrong. Even the awkward "She enjoys to swim in the ocean" is grammatically perfect and its meaning is clear. Some verbs work better with the participle than with the gerund.
4 oct. 2024 14:59
"I want to learn Spanish" is the most common sentence structure here, for sure. But "they suggested to go out" is not wrong, it's just rarer. I often speak like that. If someone says "you're welcome to leave" but it's unclear whether they're talking to only you, or only your friend, or both of you... Then we shouldn't say "they suggested we go out" or "they suggested you go out" or "they suggested I go out" - we need to omit the we/you/I for accuracy, and say "they suggested to go out". And even if they specific who they are talking to, we may want to avoid mentioning the "we" for intentional simplicity/vagueness and indirectness - that's not wrong grammar it's just a stylistic rarity.
4 oct. 2024 10:21
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