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Mikael Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Aim at/of

I started to learn English with the aim of becoming a teacher.
I started to learn English aiming at to become a teacher.

Are the both sentences ok?
Do they have the same meaning?
  

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You need a gerund after a preposition (at): I started to learn English aiming at becoming a teacher. CB

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You need a gerund after a preposition (at): I started to learn English aiming at becoming a teacher.

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I started to learn English with the aim of becoming a teacher.
I started to learn English aiming at to become a teacher.
They both mean the same thing. Aim can be followed by an infinitive without a preposition.

He aimed his gun at the target.

She aimed her sights on the handsome young man across the room.
We aim to earn our dipl
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Ok. I got it. I will never more forget that there is a gerund after a preposition. (I have just promised that a thousand of times)

Thank you!
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