INFINITIVE WITHOUT “TO” (BARE INFINITIVE)  THE INFINITIVE WITHOUT “TO” IS USED:  THE BARE INFINITIVE IS USED AFTER:  MODAL VERBS (MAY, MUST, NEEDN’T…) Ex: The police must something about computer hacking HAD BETTER Ex: He had better take an umbrella!!! It is going to rain! MAKE (FORCE) AND LET Ex: Her mother made her clean the room Ex: Her parents let her go out with her friends