Infinitive (abbreviated INF) is a linguistics term for certain verb forms existing in many languages, most often used as non-finite verbs. As with many...
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A split infinitive is a grammatical construction in which an adverb or adverbial phrase separates the "to" and "infinitive" constituents of what was traditionally...
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In grammar, accusative and infinitive (also Accusativus cum infinitivo or accusative plus infinitive, frequently abbreviated ACI or A+I) is the name for...
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German verbs (section Bare infinitives)
Germanic verb. The bare infinitive consists of the root and the suffix -en. With verbs whose roots end in el or er, the e of the infinitive suffix is dropped...
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The Ancient Greek infinitive is a non-finite verb form, sometimes called a verb mood, with no endings for person or number, but it is (unlike in Modern...
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verb's action noun, or to the part of the infinitive following the infinitival prefix (also called the infinitival construct). In Hungarian, it practically...
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Nonfinite verb (section Infinitive)
verb of an independent clause. In English, nonfinite verb forms include infinitives, participles and gerunds. Nonfinite verb forms in some other languages...
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Latin conjugation (section Infinitives)
singular -ās, and infinitive -āre are said to belong to the 1st conjugation, those with 1st singular -eō, 2nd singular -ēs and infinitive -ēre belong to...
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Finnish grammar (section Infinitives)
trigger the weak grade in the infinitive stem. The contracted infinitive ending -eta/-etä have -itse/-itsi verbs take the infinitive stem -ita/itä. These contracted...
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Finnish there are five infinitive forms, with past and present participles for both active and passive voices. First infinitive is the dictionary form...
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