they had to prevent thefts (pick out infinitive in the following sentence )
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The infinitive present in the given sentence is ‘to prevent’.
EXPLANATION:
The verb that is written along with the word ‘to’, which is placed before the verb in a sentence is called infinitive. The phrase which contains ‘to’ and the verb is collectively known as infinitive phrase.
The infinitive phrase, in a sentence must play the action of a noun, adjective or adverb. Any verb that follows the word ‘to’ is called infinitive. Some examples are ‘to love’, ‘to hate’, ‘to follow’, to stare’.
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to prevent
Explanation:
infinitives are always written as in 'to+V1' form
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