Proving that an initial infinite ordinal is a limit ordinal

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An initial infinite ordinal is a limit ordinal.

How can I start proving that?

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Hint: Show that there is a bijection between $\alpha$ and $\alpha+1$ for infinite ordinals $\alpha$.

Consider the case between $\omega$ and $\omega+1$, and see that it transfers to the other cases easily.