infinitive plus -s???

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cherry maltezidou

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when we want to form a sentence with an infinitive do we put suffixes?
It would have been better if Peter writes down the adress.

rule:
had better + infinitive without to
 

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when we want to form a sentence with an infinitive do we put suffixes?
It would have been better if Peter writes down the adress.

rule:
had better + infinitive without to

Where did you find this rule?

It would have been better if Peter had written down the address.
It would have been better had Peter written down the address.

It would be better if Peter wrote down the address.

It will be better if Peter writes down the address.
It will be better if I write down the address.
 

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You could also say: Peter had better write down the address.
 

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Where did you find this rule?

It would have been better if Peter had written down the address.
It would have been better had Peter written down the address.

It would be better if Peter wrote down the address.

It will be better if Peter writes down the address.
It will be better if I write down the address.[/QU

Sorry, it was my fault!!I perplexted it with sth else...
thanks for your help!
 

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Where did you find this rule?

It would have been better if Peter had written down the address.
It would have been better had Peter written down the address.

It would be better if Peter wrote down the address.

It will be better if Peter writes down the address.
It will be better if I write down the address.[/QU

Sorry, it was my fault!! I confused it with sth else...
thanks for your help!
Bhai.
 
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