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Grammar Reference
• after the verb go to indicate activities.
 I go swimming every weekend.
Infinitive
• We use the full infinitive (to + base form of the verb):
- to express purpose.
 She went to the supermarket to buy some orange juice.
- after certain verbs: want, would like, would love, decide, forget, learn, teach, need, plan, promise, try, etc.
 I decided to buy a house near the sea.
• We use the bare infinitive (base form of verb without to):
- after modal verbs (can, could, will, would, should, may, might, must).
 Will you stop talking?
 You must visit the doctor today.
- after the verbs let and make.
 She makes me study all the time.
 Mum, let me go to the party, please!
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Note:
We can use the verb help with a bare or full infinitive.
 I always help my brother do his homework.
 I always help my brother to do his homework.

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