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Tiểu Cầm Posted 13 years ago
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Q: Vietnamese is a difficult language___
A.for master B.mastering C.in mastering D.to be mastered
I think it must be ''to master'' but the correction is D. I don't understand. Please explain it to me. Thanks
  

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to be masteredI think it must be to master but the correction is D. I don't understand. Please explain it to me.

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  • to be masteredI think it must be to master but the correction is D.
  • I don't understand.
  • Please explain it to me.
  • Thanks You are right.
  • D is as unnatural as A, B, and C.
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Ti?u C?m Q: Vietnamese is a difficult language___A.for master B.mastering C.in mastering D.to be masteredI think it must be to master but the correction is D. I don't understand. Please explain it to me. Thanks
You are right. D is as unnatural as A, B, and C.
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There are only two infinitives in English and what makes things even worse for foreign students of the language people often use the active infinitive when logic would require a passive. In your example, the language does not master anything and consequently a passive infinitive is used in many other languages.

A passive infinitive is possible even in English but as it is quite un
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