no ending??

Grammar   Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:05 am GMT
Hi..
"Infinitive is the basic form of a verb.
It remains unchanged in all persons and takes no ending.."
Here what does 'takes no ending'?
'Ending' means a suffix??
Can you paraphrase 'takes no ending' ?

Thanks
Guest   Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:08 am GMT
In English, it basically means the verb doesn't add an 's' at the end. In other languages there are more changes that take place to the finite verb, which would not occur in the infinitive.
Grammar   Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:12 am GMT
'Ending' means a suffix??
Can you paraphrase 'takes no ending' ?

Thanks
furrykef   Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:29 pm GMT
Yes, an "ending" is a suffix. In English, infinitives do not have any kind of suffix, so they "take no ending".