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Bare infinitive Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:38 pm  Bare infinitive
 

I saw the following sentence

'In addition to our friendly staffs, you'll find our hotel prvoides everything you could ever desire.'

My question is

Shouldn't it be 'In addition to our friendly staffs, you'll find our hotel provide everything you could ever desire.'

Shouldn't it be 'provide' rather than 'provides' in this sentence. As I understand, you should use bare infinitive. If I am wrong, could you explain to me when I should use 'bare infinitive'. I have seen 'You should have him drive the car'. Drive as bare infinitive.
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Bare infinitive Sat Aug 30, 2008 13:52 pm  Bare infinitive
 

Hi David,
It's not a bare infinitive.Maybe adding the omitted 'that' will help you understand the sentence.

In addition to our friendly staffs, you'll find (that)our hotel provides everything you could ever desire.
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Bare infinitive Sat Aug 30, 2008 20:04 pm  Bare infinitive
 

The only thing that's grammatically wrong in the original sentence is "our friendly staffs". It should be "our friendly staff".

When "staff" is a singular uncountable noun, it means employees.

When "staff" is a countable noun, it means a long stick used for walking or fighting.

So if you say "our friendly staffs", that means "our long, friendly sticks".
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