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Ihenry Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

'Decided on' and 'Decided to'

I'm rather confused whether I should say 'decided on' or 'decided to'. They both look the same to me.

1. I'm not sure whether my writing is grammatically correct, so I decided to post this question to EnglishForward.com.
2. I'm not sure whether my writing is grammatically correct, so I decided on posting this question to EnglishForward.com.

Is there a situation I should use one than the other?

Thank you.
  

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Decided on - I see this mainly when there has been a choice involved and you have decided between different option. 'I liked both the red and green dresses but decided on the red one. Decided to - when you have resolved to take an action, such as posting here.

— Nona the brit

  • Decided on - I see this mainly when there has been a choice involved and you have decided between different option.
  • 'I liked both the red and green dresses but decided on the red one.
  • Decided to - when you have resolved to take an action, such as posting here.
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Decided on - I see this mainly when there has been a choice involved and you have decided between different option. 'I liked both the red and green dresses but decided on the red one.

Decided to - when you have resolved to take an action, such as posting here.
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It is comparatively rare (though not incorrect) to see an -ing form of a verb after decided on.
(Most of the time, it's decided on + noun.)
It is much more usual to see decide to + verb.

CJ
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So all along I thought they were just the same Emotion: big smile
Thanks for both of you, it makes much more sense to me now.
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