HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Are "to do" and "to make" verbs
Hi teachers,
The teacher in this video calls "to do" and "to make" verbs. Wouldn't "do," not "to do," be a verb? Wouldn't "make," not "to make," be a verb?
The teacher in this video calls "to do" and "to make" verbs. Wouldn't "do," not "to do," be a verb? Wouldn't "make," not "to make," be a verb?
Top answer
Traditional grammarians considered that 'to do', 'to make', etc were the infinitive forms of the verb - largely because the 'to' was required when the Latin or French single-word infinitives were translated into English. They used this ' to- infinitive' to talk about the verb. Some people still do this, like the teacher in your video.
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Traditional grammarians considered that 'to do', 'to make', etc were the infinitive forms of the verb - largely because the 'to' was required when the Latin or French single-word infinitives were translated into English. They used this 'to- infinitive' to talk about the verb. Some people still do this, like the teacher in your video.
Modern grammarians simply use the base (first) f
Modern grammarians simply use the base (first) f
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