GEORGE BERNARD SHAW was once so angry with a subeditor that he complained to the newspaper. “I ask you, sir,” Shaw wrote, “to put this man out.” The cause of his fury? The editor had insisted on ...

The code has been copied to your clipboard. The URL has been copied to your clipboard It is difficult for English learners to know whether to use a gerund or an infinitive after a verb. Here’s an ...

On many Everyday Grammar programs, we have talked about a verb form called an infinitive. By now in your English learning journey, you have heard and used infinitives hundreds of times. For example, ...

Reader Don in Los Angeles County wrote recently with a question about a well-known grammar issue called a “split infinitive.” “I learned about them 50 years ago and I am somewhat sensitive about them ...

When teaching infinitives it is especially important to know what they are. Infinitives are the base form of verbs. Infinitives are often formed by placing the word “to” and then following it with a ...