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김성현 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Get people to use~ vs. get people using~

Dear teachers,

Is there any difference between the two sentences below?

  1. I tried my best to get people to use my product.
  2. I tried my best to get people using my product.

If it is, could you please let me know what it is?


Hope to have your kind help.


Thanks and best regards,


David Kim

  

Top answer

You could possibly say that the first suggests something slightly different to the second but, in reality, they are used interchangeably and there is little practical difference between them. In terms of the more natural, I would say (1) is the more commonly heard.

— David Hatton

  • You could possibly say that the first suggests something slightly different to the second but, in reality, they are used interchangeably and there is little practical difference between them.
  • In terms of the more natural, I would say (1) is the more commonly heard.
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You could possibly say that the first suggests something slightly different to the second but, in reality, they are used interchangeably and there is little practical difference between them.

In terms of the more natural, I would say (1) is the more commonly heard.

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using suggests it is a product that people would use a lot, eg every day.

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???I tried my best to get people to use my product.

This could mean a) getting people to use your product once. Or it could mean b) getting people to use your product regularly.

???I tried my best to get people using my product.

This can only have meaning b) above. It's more clear in this example that you are try

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