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Gaga4Grammar Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Gerund or Infinitive?

Which should I use in the following sentence, gerund or infinitive? Why?

Preparing your own taxes can be frustrating and often leads to costly errors in calculations.

To prepare your own taxes can be frustrating and often leads to costly errors in calculations.
  

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Gaga4Grammar Preparing your own taxes can be frustrating and often leads to costly errors in calculations. First, you must realize there are two forms of the " v " in every verb. She is busy preparing dinner - the bold is acting as a present participle, making up the adverbial phrase, "preparing dinner".

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  • Gaga4Grammar Preparing your own taxes can be frustrating and often leads to costly errors in calculations.
  • First, you must realize there are two forms of the " v " in every verb.
  • She is busy preparing dinner - the bold is acting as a present participle, making up the adverbial phrase, "preparing dinner".
  • The second is the gerund form.
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Gaga4GrammarPreparing your own taxes can be frustrating and often leads to costly errors in calculations.

First, you must realize there are two forms of the " v " in every verb.
She is busy preparing dinner - the bold is acting as a present participle, making up the adverbial phrase, "preparing dinner".
The second is th
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Gaga4GrammarWhich should I use in the following sentence, gerund or infinitive?
Gerund.
Gaga4GrammarWhy?
The gerund at the beginning and the infinitive later (often with initial "it") seem to be the more idiomatic choices, especially with these sentences with linking verbs, thus:

Preparing your own taxes c
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