<span>The
research team included data from neighboring towns in order
to see if the water pollution was an isolated incident or more
widespread than previously thought. They did not have this data before because the towns had never shared pollution data with each
other until now.
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<span>An infinitive is preceded by the word "to". Infinitives are the simplest forms of a verb, and are not usually used as the main verb of the sentence. They can be used as adverbs, adjectives, or nouns. Examples of infinitives are:
To sing is her dream (noun)
Give me a song to sing (adjective)
The artist dropped by to sing (adverb)</span>
Explanation:
what's the question cause u haven't made mention of it