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Michelle Cha Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Doctors report to see/ seeing overweight children ....
1. Doctors report seeing overweight children suffering from nutritional dificiency syndrom.
2. Doctors report to see overweight children suffering from nutritional dificiency syndrom.
Sentence 1 is the one I found in my book and I wonder whether we can say like sentence 2 without changing the meaning.
2. Doctors report to see overweight children suffering from nutritional dificiency syndrom.
Sentence 1 is the one I found in my book and I wonder whether we can say like sentence 2 without changing the meaning.
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#1 is grammatical; #2 is not. The verb "report" can be followed by a gerund, not an infinitive.
- #1 is grammatical; #2 is not.
- The verb "report" can be followed by a gerund, not an infinitive.
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#1 is grammatical; #2 is not. The verb "report" can be followed by a gerund, not an infinitive.
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