Identify the sentence with the correct use of an infinitive:

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A The food is too hot to eating.
B The food is too hot to eat.
C The food is too hot to ate.
D The food is too hotting to eat.

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Answer: B. The food is too hot to eat.

An infinitive is 'to' + the base form of the verb. 'Too hot to eat' uses the base form 'eat'; 'to eating' and 'to ate' are wrong forms after 'to'.

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