Hi, All!

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...
He meant for us to dig. I'll have Joe fetch a shovel as soon as we
(come to him)."
...
"Well, that was easy," said Kate, putting the letter away inside her
bucket. "Now all we have to do is get there!"
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If I were they :) I'd write "I'll have Joe _to_ fetch a shovel" and "Now
all we have to do is _to_ get there!"

Why do those Infinitives are without "to"?

Bye, All!
Alexander Koryagin
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Hi, Ardith Hinton!
I read your message from 30.03.2023 21:52

ak>> Why do those Infinitives are without "to"?
AH> In formal English, the preposition is generally
AH> included where it may not always be in colloquial speech. What
AH> I see here is a private conversation (i.e. you may notice turns of
AH> phrase Miss Stickler didn't accept). That's the easy explanation for
AH> the last sentence... the other is more complex. Although it struck me
AH> as "not English" with the added preposition, I wasn't really sure why
AH> until after wading through multiple definitions of the verb "to
have".
AH> It seems that if "have" means a third party will be asked &/or
AH> required to do the job the preposition is omitted, as in the first
AH> sentence you asked about. :-)

Ok.
BTW, you called those "to"s as "propositions". But prepositions are put
before nouns? For instance, in English textbook in Russia we call those
"to"s as particles.

Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
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