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Non-Modal Verbs — Two Verbs Together

Verb + Someone + To Infinitive

Some verbs take an object + to-infinitive: want, ask, tell, expect, need, help, allow, encourage, remind, warn, invite, force, persuade. "She asked me to wait." "They expected him to resign." The structure is: VERB + OBJECT + TO + BASE VERB. With "help", the to is sometimes dropped in informal English: "Can you help me (to) carry this?"

Verb + Someone + To Infinitive

Some verbs take an object + to-infinitive: want, ask, tell, expect, need, help, allow, encourage, remind, warn, invite, force, persuade. "She asked me to wait." "They expected him to resign." The structure is: VERB + OBJECT + TO + BASE VERB. With "help", the to is sometimes dropped in informal English: "Can you help me (to) carry this?"

Practice

The manager told the team ___ their reports by Friday.

Her teacher encouraged herfor the scholarship.

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