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Mohsen Jafari Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

How to use "Worth" in a Sentence

I want to say that there is an article that is a good article for reading. I want to use "worth" word, but I don't know how I should do that. Is the following correct?

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Mohsen Jafari Is the following correct? No. "Worth" takes a noun-like word.

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  • Mohsen Jafari Is the following correct?
  • No.
  • "Worth" takes a noun-like word.
  • Here, you want the gerund "reading".
  • The article is worth reading.
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Mohsen JafariIs the following correct?

No. "Worth" takes a noun-like word. Here, you want the gerund "reading". The article is worth reading. You could also say that the article is worth a read, but that is a bit jocular, using the verb as a noun on the model of "worth a look", which also works informally.

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worth to be read worth reading / worth the read (I would only use worth the read if the article was very long.)


The infinitive was a good guess, since adjectives sometimes take infinitive complements (free to leave, likely to be fined, inclined to tell jokes), but worth is one of those rare adjectives that require a noun or gerund-participle.


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