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Dileepa dharmasiri Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Gerund and Infinitive for the verb find

I have seen following sentence in a website. Though I can understand the meaning of the sentence, I don't know what are those grammatically points with this sentence.

A lack of qualifications can be a major obstacle to finding a job.


My question is how this sentence have used both gerund and infinitive together?

What are the grammar rules what I should follow to get good knowledge about this?


Please someone help me to understand this.

Thanks.

  

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dileepa dharmasiri My question is how this sentence have used both gerund and infinitive together ? A lack of qualifications can be a major obstacle to finding a job. I don't follow you.

— BillJ

  • dileepa dharmasiri My question is how this sentence have used both gerund and infinitive together ?
  • A lack of qualifications can be a major obstacle to finding a job.
  • I don't follow you.
  • There is no infinitival clause in this sentence .
  • The word to is a preposition here with a gerund-participial clause as its complement, not the subordinator to that introduces infinitival clauses.
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dileepa dharmasiriMy question is how this sentence have used both gerund and infinitive together?

A lack of qualifications can be a major obstacle to finding a job.

I don't follow you. There is no infinitival clause in this sentence. The word to is a preposition here with a gerund-

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dileepa dharmasiriMy question is how this sentence have used both gerund and infinitive together?

It does not have an infinitive. 'To' is a preposition, not the infinitive particle.

dileepa dharmasiriWhat are the grammar rules what I should follow to get good knowledge about this?

There is no rule. You need to lea

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