I came across this sentence while doing my Pimsleur Russian “ Как лучше проехать на магазин “
I came across this sentence while doing my Pimsleur Russian

“ Как лучше проехать на магазин” - What is the best to get to the store.

My query is that since проехать is the only verb in the sentence, then why is it not conjugated and comes in it’s infinite form ?

Question

I came across this sentence while doing my Pimsleur Russian  “ Как лучше проехать на магазин “
I came across this sentence while doing my Pimsleur Russian

“ Как лучше проехать на магазин” - What is the best to get to the store.

My query is that since проехать is the only verb in the sentence, then why is it not conjugated and comes in it’s infinite form ?

Answer

English has this too: "how to "

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I'm not a linguist or teacher and I may be wrong, but I think that there is main verb is missed here.
Full sentence have to be:
Как лучше (я могу) проехать до магазина?
As result проехать uses in infinitive form.

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I think it's the case when the infinite form is required and there is no need for the verb conjugation.
  "Kак лучше дохать до магазина"

If you compose the sentence: (not the best translation, but it's more understandable) 
 - Better we will drive by the shortest way.  
 "Лучше поедем коротким путем" 
in this case, you conjugate the verb.

To conclude, conjugation depends on the sentence and context, but even there is only one verb in the sentence, it still can be in infinite form.

Answer

"Как лучше добраться до магазина" или " Как лучше доехать до магазина"

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