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You've just done it. And you may continue.
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question words.
Hi everyone,
I would like to ask you a question about the usage of question words. As I know, the to+ininitive is used after some verbs such as know, learn,remember, ask, want to know, decide,forget,show, tell, understand etc. when there is a question word (who, what, where, how etc.) after them.
E.g. I don't know how to answer this question, she asked me how to use the computer, Tell me when to press button, I have forgotten where to put this letter screw. So my question is this: Are all question words followed by to +infintive in English grammar? Or are all question words followed by to + infinitive when only those verbs given above (know, learn, remember etc.) are used in a sentence? If you ask me what I think on my question, Yes, I think all question words are followed by to+infinitive whether those verbs are used not. But I am not certain about it.
I would like to ask you a question about the usage of question words. As I know, the to+ininitive is used after some verbs such as know, learn,remember, ask, want to know, decide,forget,show, tell, understand etc. when there is a question word (who, what, where, how etc.) after them.
E.g. I don't know how to answer this question, she asked me how to use the computer, Tell me when to press button, I have forgotten where to put this letter screw. So my question is this: Are all question words followed by to +infintive in English grammar? Or are all question words followed by to + infinitive when only those verbs given above (know, learn, remember etc.) are used in a sentence? If you ask me what I think on my question, Yes, I think all question words are followed by to+infinitive whether those verbs are used not. But I am not certain about it.
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looking forward to getting your response.
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My answer would be yes if it were all about formal question words.
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thanks a lot. but where are the rest of members?
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Did I post a question to all members or only to you, teacher?
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Hi, I am not a teacher, but learner.
Rightly or wrongly, under the link "Help each other with English" any member is allowed to discuss all those particular subjects, it means, to answer the questions.
Why other members don't answer the questions much, I have no idea. In my opinion, they should do that.
If I posted a wrong answer, and some other one corrected me, it would be a good way to memorise it, in my humble opinion. Discussion is something which helps me assimilate the language and use it later more fluently.
Now, seems to me, in my previous answer to your question, I gave one "the" a miss. There should be
My answer would be yes if it were all about the formal question words.
Rightly or wrongly, under the link "Help each other with English" any member is allowed to discuss all those particular subjects, it means, to answer the questions.
Why other members don't answer the questions much, I have no idea. In my opinion, they should do that.
If I posted a wrong answer, and some other one corrected me, it would be a good way to memorise it, in my humble opinion. Discussion is something which helps me assimilate the language and use it later more fluently.
Now, seems to me, in my previous answer to your question, I gave one "the" a miss. There should be
My answer would be yes if it were all about the formal question words.
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thanks a lot for your answer!
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I have got one more question,
To+infinitive is used after be+adjective such as glad,happy,nice etc. E.g. It is nice to be back home. what if the adjective is used without be? I mean, if adjectives comes in a sentence without be, do English speakers use to +infinitive? I know that I am supposed to give an example sentence for my question but I couldn't find them on the internet .
Many thanks in advance,
To+infinitive is used after be+adjective such as glad,happy,nice etc. E.g. It is nice to be back home. what if the adjective is used without be? I mean, if adjectives comes in a sentence without be, do English speakers use to +infinitive? I know that I am supposed to give an example sentence for my question but I couldn't find them on the internet .
Many thanks in advance,
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I mean, all the examples I made in mind were with be+adjective. For example, English grammar is not easy to handle, his question was not easy to answer. And I thought, what if adjectives is used without be. Whether to+ infinitive is used after the adjective in this case as well? So I posted it here for help.
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Your text is intricate to me so I wonder whether any of my examples below is what you want.
It is great to have you around.
I feel nice being at home.
It is nice to help you.
It is great to have you around.
I feel nice being at home.
It is nice to help you.
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so not every adjectives don't require to do after them? You wrote, I feel nice being at home. Can we say I feel nice to be home.
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I asked in my previous question whether all adjectives are followed by to+infinitive?
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I reckon so.happywolf wrote:Can we say I feel nice to be home.
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thanks for your reply to my question!