Verbs + object + "to"-infinitive

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Some common verbs that are followed by object plus infinitive with "to" are: advise, allow, encourage, forbid, force, invite, oblige, order, permit, persuade, remind, request, tell, warn, etc.

I order you to open this door immediately!

  If the object is a personal pronoun, you have to use the object form:

Diana phoned her brother and advised him to go to London by train because the weather was very bad.