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Guyper Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Be careful ___?
A. "Be careful to spell correctly"
B. "Be careful to spelling correctly"
A. "Be careful to bake cakes"
B. "Be careful to baking cakes"
Hi, which ones are correct?
Thank you
B. "Be careful to spelling correctly"
A. "Be careful to bake cakes"
B. "Be careful to baking cakes"
Hi, which ones are correct?
Thank you
Top answer
Be careful to spell correctly. Be careful in baking cakes.
- Be careful to spell correctly.
- Be careful in baking cakes.
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Both A's are correct English (apart from the missing full stops), and both B's are incorrect. "careful to" always needs a verb infinitive.
However, "Be careful to bake cakes" seems an unusual thing to say. "Be careful to..." normally implies that not doing that thing is a mistake, or disadvantageous, or dangerous, or something like that. Baking cakes does not normally fall into that categ
However, "Be careful to bake cakes" seems an unusual thing to say. "Be careful to..." normally implies that not doing that thing is a mistake, or disadvantageous, or dangerous, or something like that. Baking cakes does not normally fall into that categ
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Maybe you meant, "Make sure to bake cakes.". If not, then "Be careful when baking cakes" will do.
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