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SeyyedAli Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Cannot to vs cannot afford to

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How come the author didn't simply say "cannot to" instead of "cannot afford to"?


"While Egerov and co ignore this issue (the term “recycling” does not appear in their paper), the rest of the battery industry cannot afford to."

  

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SeyyedAli How come the author didn't simply say "cannot to" instead of "cannot afford to"? Because it would be ungrammatical (bad) English. There are two possibilities: 1.

  • SeyyedAli How come the author didn't simply say "cannot to" instead of "cannot afford to"?
  • Because it would be ungrammatical (bad) English.
  • There are two possibilities: 1.
  • " 2.
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SeyyedAliHow come the author didn't simply say "cannot to" instead of "cannot afford to"?

Because it would be ungrammatical (bad) English. There are two possibilities:

1. "While Egerov and co ignore this issue (the term “recycling” does not appear in their paper), the rest of the battery industry cannot afford to."

2. "While Egerov and co ignore

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