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Maymhight Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

gerand or to infinitive?

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00"She could think of no better way to show her affection than ( ) him flowers and buy him gifts. "02br
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00It seems to me that "to send" is more appropriate because she is simply thinking about an action.02br
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0 "to send" is what you want. 02br 02br 00 ... no better way to show ...

— CalifJim

  • 0 "to send" is what you want.
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  • no better way to show ...
  • 02br 02br 00 ...
  • no better way of showing ...
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0 "to send" is what you want. It is the parallel construct with "to show".02br
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1b01i00Original02i02b01i00: 02i00"She could think of no better way to show her affection than ( ) him00 00flowers and buy him gifts. 02br
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00Here is what I see with this question.00 00If you want to use “to send”, technically and grammatically it’s not wrong. Though, it somehow sounds more corre
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