Infinitive

The basic, uninflected form of a verb that has no markers as to number, tense or person. Many infinitive constructions in English are accompanied by modal verbs, as in You must go, or by the preposition to, as in I’m dying to see you.

A more extensive list of grammatical terms is included in The Right Word: A Writer’s Toolkit of Grammar, Vocabulary and Literary Terms (Bloomsbury 2021) 

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