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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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for doing used as adverbial of purpose

He worked hard for building a house. Can we say like that?
  

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No, you cannot. You can say one of these: He worked hard building a house. He worked hard to build a house.

  • No, you cannot.
  • You can say one of these: He worked hard building a house.
  • He worked hard to build a house.
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No, you cannot. You can say one of these:

He worked hard building a house.
He worked hard to build a house.

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