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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

i am stucked by an english question from middle school student~

0 I haven't got a chair（ ）02br
00 A.for sitting on B.to sit on02br
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00What is the difference between A and B?02br
00why the other one is incorrect?02br
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02font 02br 02br 01font 00Michael Swan addresses this in his Practical English Usage. 02font 02br 02br 01font 00A. 02font 00 'For' can also be used to express a person's purpose, but only when followed by a noun.

— Clive

  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00Michael Swan addresses this in his Practical English Usage.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00A.
  • 02font 00 'For' can also be used to express a person's purpose, but only when followed by a noun.
  • 02font 02br 02br 00B.
  • The 'to' form is used to express01b 00 a person's purpose02b 00, the reason why they do something.
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1font00Hi,02font02br
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01font00I haven't got a chair（ ）02br
00 A.for sitting on B.to sit on02br
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0 Thanks. I got it. It is great to see your notes, and it did help.0-
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0 So, for example, if you were in a museum and you tried to sit down on an antique chair that was on display, the guard might say "These chairs are just for looking at. The chairs for sitting on are over there." 0-
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