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Tashiro Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Infinitive
Hi, please help me.
"Iraq has a lot of oil to develop."
Is it possible to change "to develop" to "to be developed"?
"Iraq has a lot of oil to develop."
Is it possible to change "to develop" to "to be developed"?
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Yes.
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Yes you could make that change although the sentence does not make much sense either way. Oil is refined, produced, drilled for, but not developed
Iraq has a lot of oil producing land to develop . . . as in putting up the oil rigs and infrastructure to support them.
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Iraq has a lot of oil to be produced. . . .
Iraq has a lot of oil producing land to develop . . . as in putting up the oil rigs and infrastructure to support them.
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Iraq has a lot of oil to be produced. . . .
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