know + pronoun + (to) V

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Phaedrus

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The verb "know" typically takes a to-infinitival, but it can also take a bare infinitival.
It doesn't take a bare infinitival for those native speakers who find it, as Skrej so eloquently put it in post #11, "beyond unnatural" to use a bare infinitival there.
 

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As emsr2d2 said earlier, "Over the last couple of days, we have clearly indicated to learners that, sometimes, there is no universal agreement on certain aspects of English. I think we would all do well to remember that".

That's a good thought to end on.

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