I have a sentence: "The first step in essay writing is to analyse the essay task".
My question is : Why do they use " to" there?. Do they want to emphasis "analyse"?( because I think they can write " the first step ..is analyse the essay task")
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Hello Ann:
"to" is not used here to emphasize the after mentioned sentence "analyze ...."
You can either say :
" The first step in essay writing is to analyze ....."
OR
" The first step in essay writing is analyzing "
Using the verb (to analyze here) in the present tense form obliges you to put "TO" between it and the verb before (to be) in the present tense too "is" .Two subsequent verbs in the present tense form have to be separated by "to" .
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The second verb needs to be in the infinitive "to analyse".
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