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Par. 96, 97.] THE INFINI7I VEI.

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because they are so often companions or allies to
other Verbs, are called " allied" or Auxiliary
Verbs. When these Verbs therefore were used,
everybody knew that an Infinitive was pretty certain to follow, even though to was not put in: " let
us (to) pray."
96 For a similar reason, to was not inserted after see,
hear, &c., because they were Verbs of such common
use that everybody understood that a Verb could be
in the Infinitive after them, without the insertion
of to.'
But remember, the Verbs after the Auxiliary
Verbs, e.g. "let us pray," are Infinitives, just as
much as after other Verbs where to is inserted, e.g.
" permit us to pray."
" T " is omitted in the infinitive after the Auxiliary Verbs "may," "can," "will," "let," rc., and
also after " see," " hear," "feel," g'c.
97 The Complementary Infinitive.
The Infinitive is often used to complete, i.e. to be
1 Partly also the to may have been omitted because these words
may, can, see, hear, &c. are so comllmlon that the insertion of to, whenever we use them, would make our language lengthy and tedious.
Occasionally in Sllkespeare, to is fulln inserted where we should
omit it, and omitted wlere we slioutl insert it. People had not yet
drawn a fixed line letween Auxili;ry Verbs and others. Even now,
where the Verb "dare " is used like an ordinary Verb, to must be
instirted after it. You may say, " He dares not come," but scarcely,
" He will never dare come " To must be inserted in the last selltence. So, "they made him sit on the ground;" but " he was made
to sit."