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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

In or to

Which of the forms is correct?

Are you confident in going the procedure?
Are you confident to do the procedure?

Do you have enough confidence to do the procedure?
Do you have enough confidence in doing the procedure?

Is the first of each pair the correct one only?
  

Top answer

I assume "going" in the first sentence should say "doing". " In the second pair, the first one is correct.

  • I assume "going" in the first sentence should say "doing".
  • " In the second pair, the first one is correct.
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I assume "going" in the first sentence should say "doing".

The normal conclusion of the first pattern would be "Are you confident about doing the procedure?"

In the second pair, the first one is correct.
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GPYI assume "going" in the first sentence should say "doing".The normal conclusion of the first pattern would be "Are you confident about doing the procedure?"In the second pair, the first one is correct.
Thanks for your help. Yes, I meant 'doing'!

So is 'in' not grammatical or just not as good/natural as 'about' in that first sentence where the use o
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"in" and "with" are not impossible, but don't seem as natural to me.
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GPY"in" and "with" are not impossible, but don't seem as natural to me.
Got it. Thanks a lot again!

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