A few days ago
FireAnt

“He/she/it scares John” vs. “You/they/we scare John”?

What is the difference? why do you use “scare” for you, they, and we and “scares” for he, she and i, as with any other verb? is “scare” infinitive? then what is “scares”? is that infinitive, too?

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A few days ago
pinkprairiestorm

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“Singular” forms of verbs look plural and “plural” forms of verbs look singular. That’s just a basic rule of the English language. For example:

he runs vs they run

she swims vs they swim

we ride vs it rides

Got it? Just a rule of grammar.

God Bless.

Pinkprairiestorm

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A few days ago
Mike G
Nah, you’re making it too complicated. “Scare” and “scares” are just present-tense verbs. The differences is that “scares” is singular and “scare” is plural (which is why they match up with the singular and plural pronouns, respectively).

The infinitive form of that verb is “to scare.” In most languages the infinitive is just one word, but in English it’s usually the word “to” followed by the simple form of the verb.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
The infinitive is ‘to scare’.

The verb ‘to scare’ is a regular verb, so the endings are the same as all other regular verbs.

I scare

you scare

he/she/it scares

we scare

you scare

they scare

They are the rules for all regular verbs.

The only one that takes the ‘s’ is the third person singular (he/she/it).

I drink

you drink

he/she/it drinks

we drink

you drink

they drink

I jump

you jump

he/she/it jumps

we jump

you jump

they jump

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A few days ago
LSSM
scare is not infinitive. an infinitive would be: They like “TO SCARE” john. We use “scares” for only a 3rd person singular subject (he,she, it) or any noun that falls into that category.

e.g.movie=it, boy=he, girl=she.

“Scare” is used for every other form of the subject. (I, you, we, they). An infinitive is actually not even a verb. An infinitive is the noun form of a verb. I want “to go” there. “want” is the verb” and “to go” is the direct object.

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A few days ago
Debnil S
You*, they, and we are plural pronouns, so they use scare. On the other hand, he, she, and it are all singular, so they use scares.

*: You can use both singular and plural verbs; however, because of this ambiguity, the plural form is used universally.

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