This is always in the form of "to" + a verb-like word. this verbal unit in a sentence actually acts as a noun, adjective, or adverb, rather than a verb. example: ("to carry," "to think," "to laugh")

Infinitive phrase

An infinitive phrase begins with to and is followed by the base form of the verb. For most verbs their base form is similar to the one used after words like I, You, They, We. There are some irregular verbs that do not have the same base form as their conjugated forms. "To be" is one of these verbs. The infinitive "to be" conjugates to become am, is, or are after the subject. Infinitive phrases often act as a noun, adjective, or adverb instead of as a verb.

to show how the cables work.

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.