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Zany banana 409 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Having to check/ to check/ checking

Crossing a busy main road entails having to check the both sides.

Crossing a busy main road entails checking the both sides.

Crossing a busy main road entails to check the both sides.

Are all three correct? And is there any difference?

  

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zany banana 409 Crossing a busy main road entails having to look both ways . Crossing a busy main road entails looking both ways . Crossing a busy main road entails to check the both sides .

— Rover_KE

  • zany banana 409 Crossing a busy main road entails having to look both ways .
  • Crossing a busy main road entails looking both ways .
  • Crossing a busy main road entails to check the both sides .
  • Is there any difference?
  • There's no difference between 1 and 2.
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zany banana 409

Crossing a busy main road entails having to look both ways.

Crossing a busy main road entails looking both ways.

Crossing a busy main road entails to check the both sides.

Is there any difference? There's no difference between

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You can't say "the both" ... "both" doesn't work quite the same as the word "two," for instance. You can certainly check the two sides of something (if it has two sides, that is!)

If you're simply checking "both sides," rather than "the both sides," then either 1 or 2 will work. But entails is not quite the right word--"entails" is a requirement, and while it's recommended to check bot

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