Name: Karem Vulgarin Rugel Course: 22-englishIII

INFINITIVES The most common uses of the infinitive are:

To indicate the purpose or intention of an action (where the 'to' have the same meaning as 'in order to' or 'so as to'):
She's gone to collect her pay check. The three bears went into the forest to find firewood.

As the subject of the sentence:

To be or not to be, that is the question. To know her is to love her. (Note: this is more common in written English than spoken)

With nouns or pronouns, to indicate what something can be used for, or what is to be done with it:
Would you like something to drink? I haven't anything to wear. The children need a garden to play in.

After adjectives in these patterns:

It is It is good to talk It is + adjective + It is hard for elephants to see mice It is + adjective + It is unkind of her to say that. + infinitive infinitive + + adjective for of someone someone + + +to-infinitive to-infinitive. to-infinitive.

After an adjective + noun when a comment or judgment is being made:

It was a stupid place to park the car. This is the right thing to do. It was an astonishing way to behave.

Adjective + Infinitive
After many common adjectives, we often use "to + verb" the infinitive. For example: It's rude to eat with your mouth open. It's difficult to remember all this grammar.

Bibliography :
http://www.tinyteflteacher.co.uk

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/infinitive_function.