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<html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">An infinitive clause or phrase is one which contains an<SPAN style="COLOR: #353535"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #8064a2">infinitive</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #353535"> </SPAN>as the main verb. </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB"> </SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">There are two types of infinitive clause:</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB"> </SPAN></B></P> <OL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=1> <LI style="COLOR: #353535; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">The</SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB"> </SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">to-infinitive</SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB"> </SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">clause. The verb follows</SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB"> '</SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">to'.</SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB"> </SPAN></B></LI></OL> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">I need<SPAN style="COLOR: #353535"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">to go shopping</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #353535"> </SPAN>this afternoon.<SPAN style="COLOR: # |