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RULE XXIV.
The infinitive mood, or part of a sentence, is frequently put as the
nominative case to a verb, or the object of an active-transitive verb;
as, "_To play_ is pleasant;" "Boys love _to play_;" "_That warm climates
shorten life_, is reasonable to suppose;" "He does not consider _how
near he approaches to his end_."
NOTE. _To_, the sign of the infinitive mood, is sometimes properly
omitted; as, "I heard him _say_ it;" instead of, "to _say_ it."
RULE XXV.
The verbs which follow _bid_, _dare_, _need_, _make_, _see_, _hear_,
_feel_, _help_, _let_, and their participles, are in the infinitive mood
without the sign _to_ prefixed; as, "He bids me _come_;" "I dare
_engage_;" "Let me _go_;" "Help me _do it_;" i.e. _to come_, _to go_,
_to do_ it, &c. "He is _hearing_ me _recite_."
FALSE SYNTAX.
Bid him to come.
He durst not to do it without permission.
Hear him to read his lesson.
It is the difference in their conduct, which makes us to approve the
one, and to reject the other.
It is better live on a little, than outlive a great deal.
I wish him not wrestle with his happiness.
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