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ANGLAZ Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

appeal to V or V+ing

Hello, everybody!
I've got a small question for you and wonder if you could help
After the verb appeal to should we use infinitive or gerund?
Example:
Also, by means of this and other shows she and similar celebs appeal to look down (or looking down) on everyone who is poorer than you

Here I read that it should be to look down
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/appeal_2

but then somebody corrected me=(

Thanks in advance!
  

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Hello, ANGLAZ—and welcome to English Forums. Thank you for registering as a member. ANGLAZ Also, by means of this and other shows she and similar celebs appeal to look down (or looking down) on everyone who is poorer than you That is a misprint.

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  • Hello, ANGLAZ—and welcome to English Forums.
  • Thank you for registering as a member.
  • ANGLAZ Also, by means of this and other shows she and similar celebs appeal to look down (or looking down) on everyone who is poorer than you That is a misprint.
  • The verb is ' appear ', not 'appeal'.
  • 'Appear' takes the infinitive: She appears to be angry.
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Hello, ANGLAZ—and welcome to English Forums. Thank you for registering as a member.
ANGLAZAlso, by means of this and other shows she and similar celebs appeal to look down (or looking down) on everyone who is poorer than you
That is a misprint. The verb is 'appear', not 'appeal'.

'Appear' takes the infinitive:

She appears to be
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Thanks! But I meant appeal (If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them.) In other words, they ask (=appeal) to look down on everyone
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If you really wanted to say that, you would have to say "They appeal to people to look down on every one".I it extremely unlikely that anybody would ever think of saying that.
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