Wolfgang Drescher from Germany writes: What is the difference between: President Bush has announced a plan to help prevent the spread of the AIDS virus. President Bush has announced a plan to help to ...

Last week, to answer a question from an Iran-based English teacher, I started laying out the basis for why the full infinitive “to take” is the correct answer in this multiple-choice statement: “Peter ...

Yee from Hong Kong writes: I'm so confused by the following verbs: hear, see, make, let and allow. Are these verbs followed by another verb in +ing form or to + base form? see / hear + object + verb ...

When we choose the infinitive, we are pointing to things that happen, or (have) happened or might happen. In your own example, 'I've never had my car break down on the motorway' you are saying that it ...