First You Write a Sentence: The Elements of Reading, Writing . . . and Life

by Joe Moran

Non-finite verbs—infinitives (the basic form of a verb, usually beginning to), participles (verbal adjectives) and gerunds (verbal nouns)—do not need a tense or need to agree with a subject.

Non-finite verbs—infinitives (the basic form of a verb, usually beginning to), participles (verbal adjectives) and gerunds (verbal nouns)—do not need a tense or need to agree with a subject.