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Ahn Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

be restricted to~

(But the hospital’s duty is restricted to making deliberate efforts to provide schedules on futher treatments.)





In this sentence, can I delete 'making' in 'making deliberate efforts' ?

I mean, can I write just as '~~ is restricted to deliberate efforts to~'
  

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Yes, you can delete 'making', but that will place an infinitive marker 'to' next to an adjective 'deliberate', which can then be interpreted as a verb 'to deliberate', which somewhat confuses the reader for a moment. I would avoid the confusion by leaving 'making' as is. CJ

— CalifJim

  • Yes, you can delete 'making', but that will place an infinitive marker 'to' next to an adjective 'deliberate', which can then be interpreted as a verb 'to deliberate', which somewhat confuses the reader for a moment.
  • I would avoid the confusion by leaving 'making' as is.
  • CJ
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Yes, you can delete 'making', but that will place an infinitive marker 'to' next to an adjective 'deliberate', which can then be interpreted as a verb 'to deliberate', which somewhat confuses the reader for a moment. I would avoid the confusion by leaving 'making' as is.

CJ
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