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Blueblooded65 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

"For cooking" or "to cook"?

I needed sugar to cook cake yesterday
I needed sugar for cooking cake yesterday.
  

Top answer

I needed sugar to bake a cake yesterday

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I needed sugar to bake a cake yesterday
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Thanks a lot.
But how do we understand "to bake" is correct rather than "for baking"?
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blueblooded65But how do we understand "to bake" is correct rather than "for baking"?
#1: It is the native choice. 'For doing' is a common learner choice.
#2: Infinitive indicates the future or a potential.
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