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Jeff Morrow
Jeff Morrow
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Notice that it is grammatical (and perhaps more idiomatic) to say "We'd recommendedrecommend you book your flight early."

Thus, you have an option to use a bare infinitive in both cases. There is no general rule saying that passive infinitives must be bare although in this specific case I agree that you cannot idiomatically just plunk a "to" in front of the passive infinitive without other changes to the sentence.

Notice that it is grammatical (and perhaps more idiomatic) to say "We'd recommended you book your flight early."

Thus, you have an option to use a bare infinitive in both cases. There is no general rule saying that passive infinitives must be bare although in this specific case I agree that you cannot idiomatically just plunk a "to" in front of the passive infinitive without other changes to the sentence.

Notice that it is grammatical (and perhaps more idiomatic) to say "We'd recommend you book your flight early."

Thus, you have an option to use a bare infinitive in both cases. There is no general rule saying that passive infinitives must be bare although in this specific case I agree that you cannot idiomatically just plunk a "to" in front of the passive infinitive without other changes to the sentence.

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Jeff Morrow
Jeff Morrow
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Notice that it is grammatical (and perhaps more idiomatic) to say "We'd recommended you book your flight early."

Thus, you have an option to use a bare infinitive in both cases. There is no general rule saying that passive infinitives must be bare although in this specific case I agree that you cannot idiomatically just plunk a "to" in front of the passive infinitive without other changes to the sentence.