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Tiểu Cầm Posted 13 years ago
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Q: The teachers have had some problems____return the papers to the students
A.to decide when to
B.deciding when to
C.deciding
D.deciding when
I choose A, but the correction is B. I don't understand. Please explain it to me. Thanks
  

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B is correct because the phrase requires a gerund, a verb that acts like a noun (in english these usually end in -ing). I like cats. I like swimming.

— Anonymous

  • B is correct because the phrase requires a gerund, a verb that acts like a noun (in english these usually end in -ing).
  • I like cats.
  • I like swimming.
  • The teachers like swimming.
  • The teachers have trouble deciding.
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B is correct because the phrase requires a gerund, a verb that acts like a noun (in english these usually end in -ing).

I like cats.
I like swimming.
The teachers like swimming.
The teachers have trouble deciding.
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Ti?u C?mbut the correction is B. I don't understand.
This sense of the catenative verb have takes only the -ing form of a verb as its complement.
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