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Why do these verbs take bare infinitives?
[a] It makes the tree grow. [b] I never heard him speak.
I’m wondering why causative and sense verbs (make, hear) license bare infinitives for their complement, instead of taking to infinitives? …
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meaning of bare infinitivals
[i]
I saw her clean the room.
[ii]
He helped me do the work.
[iii]
She made me clean the room.
What makes you think so?
Let me know what he said.
Bare infiniti …
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