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infinitives <infinitive; infinitives> N

infinitives

infinitive N ECON

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The processes are the same both for simple and complex infinitives.
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The two first classes are recognizable as all their infinitives have the same ending "-ian" (1st class) and "-on/-oian" (2nd class).
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Noun objects come after the verb, as do pronoun objects after imperative verbs and infinitives, but otherwise pronoun objects come before the verb.
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Infinitives and participles occur in the present, perfect, and future tenses; and have the imperative mood for present and future.
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There are three infinitives, which vary in their uses and their endings.
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Other tenses are formed by combinations of auxiliary verbs with infinitives or a special form of the participle called the supine.
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Modal verbs are defective insofar as they can not be inflected, nor do they appear as gerunds, infinitives, or participles.
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One split infinitive, one whack; two split infinitives, two whacks; and so on.
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