How to parse when native speaker faced that "
Hi.
I found a word ccoercion which mean is
the use of https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/force to https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/persuade someone to do something that they are https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/unwilling to do.
In especially, I wonder that how native speaker parse above sentence.
1. the use of force to / persuade someone ~
2. the use of force / to persuade someone ~
Because of this question that I found similar with preposition + verb style sentence frequently.
Sometimes I'm confused whether one preposition is belong to verb or just followed by verb.
How to distinguish this preposition pattern of sentence?
Top answer
When "to" is placed in front of the plain form of a verb, it is not called a preposition. It is considered part of the verb, and the combination of to and the verb is called an infinitive, a full infinitive, or a to -infinitive. Infinitives: to see, to do, to find, to ask, to try, to say to is not a preposition in any of the infinitives shown above.
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When "to" is placed in front of the plain form of a verb, it is not called a preposition. It is considered part of the verb, and the combination of to and the verb is called an infinitive, a full infinitive, or a to-infinitive.
Infinitives:
to see, to do, to find, to ask, to try, to say
to is not a preposition in
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