Grammar: Verbs: [ to + infinitive ]
We use the to-infinitive:
► to express purpose (to answer "#Why...?"). For example:
✚ We sometimes say #in_order_to or #in_order_not_to:
✚ … or we can say #so_as_to or #so_as_not_to:
► after certain verbs, particularly verbs of #thinking and #feeling:
[choose, decide, expect, forget, hate, hope, intend, learn, like,
love, mean, plan, prefer, remember, want, would like, would love]
… and verbs of #saying:
[agree, promise, refuse]
For example:
✚ Some verbs are followed by a #direct_object and the infinitive:
[advise, ask, encourage, invite, order, persuade, remind, tell, warn,
expect, intend, would prefer, want, would like]
For example:
► after certain #adjectives.
✚ Sometimes the to-infinitive gives a reason for the adjective:
[disappointed, glad, sad, happy, anxious, pleased, surprised, proud, unhappy]
For example:
✚ Other adjectives with the to-infinitive are:
[able, unable, due, eager, keen, likely, unlikely, ready, prepared, unwilling, willing]
For example:
✚ We often use the to-infinitive with these adjectives after it to give #opinions.
[difficult, easy, possible, impossible, hard, right, wrong, kind, nice, clever, silly, foolish]
For example:
✚ We use the preposition #for to show who these adjectives refer to.
[difficult, easy, possible, impossible, hard]
For example:
✚ We use the preposition #of with other adjectives. For example:
► As a #postmodifier after abstract nouns like: [ability, desire, need, wish, attempt, failure, opportunity, chance, intention] For example:
► We often use a to-infinitive as a postmodifier after an indefinite pronoun [somebody, someone, something, anybody, anyone, anything, nobody, no one , nothing, everybody, everyone, everything] For example:
