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 THE OBJECTIVE INFINITIVECOMPLEX - English_for_Finance_and_Banking - Studbook
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THE OBJECTIVE INFINITIVECOMPLEX

 

is used after the verbs denoting

a)      perceptions of senses*:

 

to see

to hear

to feel

to watch

to observe

to notice

 

I saw him get off the bus.

Did you hear her sing?

She felt her voice tremble.

I watch her enter the shop.

We observe the direction constantly change.

Nobody noticed him come in.

 

b)      wish, intention, emotions:

 

to want

to wish

to like

to dislike

to hate

to intend

should/would like

I want you to help me.

He wished the work to be done at once.

He likes dinner to be in time.

I dislike you to say such words.

I hate you to talk like that.

He intended me to go with him.

I should like you to say here.

 

c)      mental activity:

 

to consider

to believe

to think

to find

to know

to expect

to suppose

I consider him to be right.

I believe her to be a good teacher.

We thought him to be sleeping.

We find this value to be accurate enough.

I know him to have said that.

We expected her to return.

I suppose him to be about fifty.

 

d) order, request, permission, advice, compulsion:

to order

to ask

to request

to allow

to advise

to recommend

to cause

to force

get

to make*

to let*

 

 

He ordered the children to stop talking.

I asked Tom to help me.

He requested the matter to be kept secret.

She doesn’t allow anyone to smoke.

She advised me to tell the police about it.

I wouldn’t recommend you to stay here.

Her laziness caused her to fail.

He forced me to go there.

I got him to repair my car.

What makes you think so?

Let me go.

*The verbs to make, to let and the verbs of physical perception are followed by the infinitive without «to».

 

 

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