Questions tagged [infinitive]
Questions about verbs in their basic (unchanged) form
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Why do Italian road signs use the infinitive tense and not the imperative?
Why do Italian road signs use the infinitive tense in their warning, while, for example, those in English use the imperative?
Turn off lights
Spegnere le luci (and not "Spegnete le luci" or ...
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