Subj : Infinitive using
To   : All
From : Alexander Koryagin
Date : Tue Jun 21 2022 09:19:14

Hi, All!

In one story I read this:

..... "The face of Hyde sat heavily on his memory. He felt (what was rare to him) a nausea and distaste of life, and in the gloom of his spirits, he seemed to read a menace in the flickering of the firelight on the polished cabinets and the uneasy starting of the shadow on the roof."

I saw a strange using of the Infinitive:

.....in the gloom of his spirits, he seemed TO READ a menace in the flickering of the firelight...

What would happen if I put it without TO:
.....in the gloom of his spirits, he seemed READ a menace in the flickering of the firelight...

Bye, All!
Alexander Koryagin

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