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So, although the present and infinitive have the same form (except in the case of
be), it is important to distinguish them. For example, the two following sentences
seem to be identical apart from the addition of
will:
a)
I have it
b)
I will have it
But in fact what is really happening is that one finite form in a), the present tense
have, is being replaced by another,
will, in b), and it is the nonfinite infinitive,
have,
in b) that is being added. See C5 for another example of this.
This distinction will be important when we discuss verb phrases in A6 and clauses
in later sections.
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