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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Gerund/to-infinitive

Could you confirm whether both of 'for solving' and 'to solve' are okay in the following sentence? Thank you.

He came up with a new idea [for solving/to solve] the household waste problem.
  

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I would use "of solving" in that sentence.

  • I would use "of solving" in that sentence.
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I would use "of solving" in that sentence.
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How about 'for solving', or 'to solve'? Are both of them wrong?

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