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parts: a\nverb, a person, and a second verb. ",[58,59,60],"em",{},"I want you to listen. She made me wait. We\nheard him leave."," The pattern looks simple until you build one yourself,\nbecause each first verb makes its own demand on the second. Some insist on\n",[58,63,64],{},"to",". Some forbid it. One or two let you choose.",[54,67,68],{},"There is no rule of logic underneath this; there is only a short list of verbs\nand the habit each one keeps. The good news is that the list divides into\nthree clean groups, and once you know which group a verb belongs to, you never\nhave to think about it again.",[70,71,73],"h2",{"id":72},"the-to-infinitive-group-want-ask-tell-and-friends","The to-infinitive group: want, ask, tell and friends",[54,75,76,77,81],{},"The largest group takes ",[78,79,80],"strong",{},"verb + object + to-infinitive",":",[83,84,85,95,104],"ul",{},[86,87,88],"li",{},[58,89,90,91,94],{},"I want you ",[78,92,93],{},"to listen",".",[86,96,97],{},[58,98,99,100,103],{},"She asked me ",[78,101,102],{},"to wait"," outside.",[86,105,106],{},[58,107,108,109,112],{},"They told us ",[78,110,111],{},"to come"," back on Tuesday.",[114,115,116,129],"table",{},[117,118,119],"thead",{},[120,121,122,126],"tr",{},[123,124,125],"th",{},"Verb",[123,127,128],{},"Example",[130,131,132,143,153,163,173,183,193,203,213,223],"tbody",{},[120,133,134,138],{},[135,136,137],"td",{},"want",[135,139,140],{},[58,141,142],{},"I want you to be happy.",[120,144,145,148],{},[135,146,147],{},"ask",[135,149,150],{},[58,151,152],{},"He asked her to close the window.",[120,154,155,158],{},[135,156,157],{},"tell",[135,159,160],{},[58,161,162],{},"Tell them to wait.",[120,164,165,168],{},[135,166,167],{},"teach",[135,169,170],{},[58,171,172],{},"She taught me to drive.",[120,174,175,178],{},[135,176,177],{},"expect",[135,179,180],{},[58,181,182],{},"I expect you to be on time.",[120,184,185,188],{},[135,186,187],{},"invite",[135,189,190],{},[58,191,192],{},"They invited us to stay for dinner.",[120,194,195,198],{},[135,196,197],{},"remind",[135,199,200],{},[58,201,202],{},"Remind him to bring the tickets.",[120,204,205,208],{},[135,206,207],{},"warn",[135,209,210],{},[58,211,212],{},"I warned you not to open it.",[120,214,215,218],{},[135,216,217],{},"allow",[135,219,220],{},[58,221,222],{},"They do not allow us to park here.",[120,224,225,228],{},[135,226,227],{},"order",[135,229,230],{},[58,231,232],{},"The police ordered everyone to move on.",[54,234,235,236,238,239,246,247,250],{},"The negative goes in front of the ",[58,237,64],{},", not inside the first verb: ",[58,240,241,242,245],{},"She told\nme ",[78,243,244],{},"not to"," worry",", which is a different sentence from ",[58,248,249],{},"She did not tell me\nto worry",". The first is advice; the second is an absence of advice.",[252,253,255],"h3",{"id":254},"want-never-takes-that","want never takes that",[54,257,258,259,262,263,266],{},"This deserves its own heading, because it is the single most reliable way to\nsound foreign in an otherwise perfect sentence. Spanish says ",[58,260,261],{},"quiero que\nvengas",". French says ",[58,264,265],{},"je veux que tu viennes",". German, Italian and Polish all\nbuild the same shape, so nearly every learner produces it in English:",[83,268,269,279],{},[86,270,271,278],{},[58,272,273,274,277],{},"I want ",[78,275,276],{},"that you come"," to the party."," Wrong, always.",[86,280,281,286],{},[58,282,273,283,277],{},[78,284,285],{},"you to come"," Right, always.",[54,288,289,290,293,294,296,297,300,301,303,304],{},"There is no register, no dialect and no century of English in which ",[58,291,292],{},"want\nthat"," works. The person you want to do the thing becomes the object of\n",[58,295,137],{},", and the thing they should do arrives as a to-infinitive. ",[58,298,299],{},"Would like",",\nbeing polite ",[58,302,137],{},", follows it exactly: ",[58,305,306],{},"I would like you to meet my sister.",[70,308,310],{"id":309},"make-and-let-no-to-at-all","make and let: no to at all",[54,312,313,314,316,317,320,321,324],{},"Two everyday verbs refuse the ",[58,315,64],{}," completely and take the bare infinitive:\n",[78,318,319],{},"make"," (force) and ",[78,322,323],{},"let"," (permit).",[83,326,327,343],{},[86,328,329,339,340,94],{},[58,330,331,332,335,336,94],{},"She ",[78,333,334],{},"made"," me ",[78,337,338],{},"wait"," Not ",[58,341,342],{},"made me to wait",[86,344,345,339,355,94],{},[58,346,347,348,350,351,354],{},"They ",[78,349,323],{}," us ",[78,352,353],{},"leave"," early.",[58,356,357],{},"let us to leave",[54,359,360,361,363,364,366,367,369,370,372,373,375],{},"The pair covers the whole scale of power: ",[58,362,319],{}," means the person had no\nchoice, ",[58,365,323],{}," means the choice was theirs and you stepped aside. Between\nthem, ",[58,368,217],{}," does the same job as ",[58,371,323],{}," but keeps its ",[58,374,64],{},", which is where\nlearners trip:",[83,377,378,385],{},[86,379,380],{},[58,381,347,382,384],{},[78,383,323],{}," us park here.",[86,386,387],{},[58,388,347,389,350,391,393],{},[78,390,217],{},[78,392,64],{}," park here.",[54,395,396,397,400,401,94],{},"Same meaning, different pattern, and no way to predict it except knowing the\nverbs. If you catch yourself writing ",[58,398,399],{},"let somebody to do",", the fix is always\nto delete the ",[58,402,64],{},[252,404,406],{"id":405},"the-passive-twist","The passive twist",[54,408,409,410,412,413,415],{},"Turn a ",[58,411,319],{}," sentence around and the ",[58,414,64],{}," comes back from wherever it was\nhiding:",[83,417,418,426],{},[86,419,420,421],{},"Active: ",[58,422,423,424,94],{},"They made him ",[78,425,338],{},[86,427,428,429],{},"Passive: ",[58,430,431,432,94],{},"He was made ",[78,433,102],{},[54,435,436,437,440,441,443,444,451,452,94],{},"Nobody said this was fair. ",[58,438,439],{},"Let"," avoids the problem by having no comfortable\npassive at all; English borrows ",[58,442,217],{}," instead: ",[58,445,446,447,450],{},"We were ",[78,448,449],{},"allowed to","\nleave early",", not ",[58,453,454],{},"we were let leave",[70,456,458],{"id":457},"help-the-one-that-takes-both","help: the one that takes both",[54,460,461,464],{},[58,462,463],{},"Help"," is the only common verb in this family that genuinely does not care:",[83,466,467,476],{},[86,468,469],{},[58,470,471,472,475],{},"She helped me ",[78,473,474],{},"carry"," the boxes.",[86,477,478],{},[58,479,471,480,475],{},[78,481,482],{},"to carry",[54,484,485,486,488,489,492],{},"Both are correct everywhere. The bare form is more common in speech and has\nbeen gaining ground in writing for a century, so if you want a single habit,\ndrop the ",[58,487,64],{}," and you will sound current. Just do not let ",[58,490,491],{},"help"," persuade you\nthat the other verbs are flexible too. They are not.",[70,494,496],{"id":495},"see-hear-watch-feel-do-or-doing","see, hear, watch, feel: do or doing",[54,498,499],{},"Verbs of perception take an object and then offer a real choice, and the\nchoice carries meaning:",[83,501,502,512],{},[86,503,504,511],{},[58,505,506,507,510],{},"I saw him ",[78,508,509],{},"lock"," the door."," You watched the whole action. The door is\nlocked, and you could say so in court.",[86,513,514,519],{},[58,515,506,516,510],{},[78,517,518],{},"locking"," The action was in progress as you passed.\nYou saw the middle of it, not necessarily the end.",[54,521,522,523,526,527,526,530,533,534,81],{},"The same split runs through ",[58,524,525],{},"hear",", ",[58,528,529],{},"watch",[58,531,532],{},"feel"," and ",[58,535,536],{},"notice",[83,538,539,549,558,567],{},[86,540,541,548],{},[58,542,543,544,547],{},"We heard her ",[78,545,546],{},"sing"," the whole song."," (all of it)",[86,550,551,557],{},[58,552,543,553,556],{},[78,554,555],{},"singing"," as we walked past."," (a moment of it)",[86,559,560,566],{},[58,561,562,563,94],{},"I felt the ground ",[78,564,565],{},"move"," (one complete movement)",[86,568,569,576],{},[58,570,571,572,575],{},"I felt my phone ",[78,573,574],{},"buzzing"," in my pocket."," (ongoing)",[54,578,579,580,583],{},"When it does not matter, and often it does not, English speakers reach for\nthe -ing form slightly more, because most of what we witness is caught in\nprogress. But if you are reporting a completed event, the bare form is doing\nreal work: ",[58,581,582],{},"I saw him leave"," means he is definitely gone.",[70,585,587],{"id":586},"get-somebody-to-do","get somebody to do",[54,589,590,593,594,81],{},[58,591,592],{},"Get"," is the persuasion verb, and it keeps its ",[58,595,64],{},[83,597,598,611],{},[86,599,600],{},[58,601,602,603,606,607,610],{},"I ",[78,604,605],{},"got"," him ",[78,608,609],{},"to change"," his mind.",[86,612,613,624,625,632],{},[58,614,615,616,619,620,623],{},"Can you ",[78,617,618],{},"get"," the children ",[78,621,622],{},"to bed"," by eight?"," (and with a verb: ",[58,626,627,628,631],{},"get\nthem ",[78,629,630],{},"to go"," to bed",")",[54,634,635,637,638,641,642,645,646,526,649,652,653,94],{},[58,636,592],{}," suggests effort: charm, argument, patience or mild trickery. ",[58,639,640],{},"I made\nhim sign"," is force; ",[58,643,644],{},"I got him to sign"," is a story with steps in it. For the\nmachine version of this pattern, where you arrange for a thing to be done\nrather than a person to act (",[58,647,648],{},"I had my hair cut",[58,650,651],{},"I got the car repaired","),\nsee ",[654,655,657],"a",{"href":656},"\u002Fenglish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fcausative-have-and-get","causative have and get",[70,659,661],{"id":660},"common-mistakes","Common mistakes",[54,663,664],{},"Ranked by how often learners actually make them.",[666,667,668,682,694,707,726],"ol",{},[86,669,670,673,674,677,678,681],{},[78,671,672],{},"Want that."," ",[58,675,676],{},"I want that you help me"," must become ",[58,679,680],{},"I want you to help\nme",". No exceptions, no softer version of the rule.",[86,683,684,673,687,690,691,94],{},[78,685,686],{},"make somebody to do.",[58,688,689],{},"She made me to cry"," has one word too many. Force\ntakes the bare infinitive: ",[58,692,693],{},"she made me cry",[86,695,696,699,700,703,704,94],{},[78,697,698],{},"let somebody to do."," Same disease, same cure: ",[58,701,702],{},"let me go",", never ",[58,705,706],{},"let me\nto go",[86,708,709,673,712,715,716,719,720,722,723],{},[78,710,711],{},"say instead of tell.",[58,713,714],{},"He said me to wait"," is wrong twice over. ",[58,717,718],{},"Say","\nnever takes this pattern at all; the ordering verb is ",[58,721,157],{},": ",[58,724,725],{},"He told me\nto wait.",[86,727,728,673,731,734,735,737,738],{},[78,729,730],{},"Forgetting the passive to.",[58,732,733],{},"He was made wait"," misses the ",[58,736,64],{}," that the\npassive restores: ",[58,739,740],{},"He was made to wait.",[70,742,744],{"id":743},"practice","Practice",[54,746,747],{},"Fix each sentence or mark it correct. Answers are below.",[666,749,750,753,756,759,762],{},[86,751,752],{},"I want that you read this.",[86,754,755],{},"The guard let us to take photographs.",[86,757,758],{},"She helped me find my keys.",[86,760,761],{},"They made him to apologise.",[86,763,764],{},"I got my sister to lend me the money.",[54,766,767,770,771,773,774,776,777,94],{},[78,768,769],{},"Answers:"," 1. I want you to read this. 2. The guard let us take\nphotographs. 3. Correct, with or without ",[58,772,64],{},". 4. They made him apologise.\n5. Correct: ",[58,775,618],{}," keeps its ",[58,778,64],{},[54,780,781,782,785,786,789,790,794,795,798,799,94],{},"The patterns on this page all hang a second verb off an object. When there is\nno object in between, a different set of habits decides between ",[58,783,784],{},"to do"," and\n",[58,787,788],{},"doing","; that is the territory of\n",[654,791,793],{"href":792},"\u002Fenglish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fgerund-and-infinitive","gerund and infinitive",". 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Write a dash (-) if no word is needed.",[848,851,853,855,857,859,861,863],{"prompt":849,"answer":850},"My parents made me ___ finish my homework first.","-",{"prompt":852,"answer":64},"I want you ___ listen carefully.",{"prompt":854,"answer":850},"They would not let us ___ leave early.",{"prompt":856,"answer":64},"She got her brother ___ drive her to the airport.",{"prompt":858,"answer":850},"We heard the neighbours ___ argue all night.",{"prompt":860,"answer":64},"He was made ___ wait outside the office.",{"prompt":862,"answer":64},"The teacher told everyone ___ sit down.",{"prompt":864,"answer":850},"Nobody can make her ___ change her mind.",{"type":866,"instructions":867,"pairs":868},"match","Match each beginning to the ending that completes it correctly.",[869,872,875,878,881,884,887,890],{"left":870,"right":871},"I want you","to be careful.",{"left":873,"right":874},"She made him","say sorry.",{"left":876,"right":877},"They let the children","stay up late.",{"left":879,"right":880},"We got the owner","to fix the window.",{"left":882,"right":883},"I heard her","singing upstairs.",{"left":885,"right":886},"He was made","to pay for the damage.",{"left":888,"right":889},"The police told us","to move the car.",{"left":891,"right":892},"I saw the glass","fall off the table.","md",[895,898,901,904],{"q":896,"a":897},"Why is I want that you come wrong in English?","Because want never takes a that-clause. Most European languages build this sentence with that (quiero que vengas, je veux que tu viennes), so learners transfer the pattern, but English refuses it completely. The only structure available is want + object + to-infinitive: I want you to come. The same is true of would like: I would like you to stay, never I would like that you stay.",{"q":899,"a":900},"What is the difference between make somebody do and get somebody to do?","Force against persuasion, and a missing to. Make means the person had no choice: she made me apologise. Get means you talked them into it, and it keeps its to: I got him to apologise. If your boss makes you stay late, staying was an order. If a friend gets you to stay late, there was probably a drink involved.",{"q":902,"a":903},"When do I say I saw him do it and when I saw him doing it?","The bare form means you watched the whole action from start to finish: I saw him lock the door means the door is locked and you can swear to it. The -ing form means you caught the action in progress: I saw him locking the door means it was happening as you passed, and you may not have stayed for the end. Both are correct; they simply report different amounts of the event.",{"q":905,"a":906},"Does help take to or not?","Both, and the meaning does not change. She helped me carry the boxes and she helped me to carry the boxes are equally correct. The bare form without to is more common in speech and increasingly common in writing, so if you want one habit, drop the to. 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