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Abdul quddus Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Infinitive or gerund?

There is some speculation that they might even try to bury him at sea, as happened with al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, to prevent any grave being turned into a shrine.can last sentence be written in such form;to prevent any grave to be turned into a shrine????????plz explain
  

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Prevent is followed by the gerund, or from and the gerund: Nothing can prevent him [ from ] go ing there. CB

— Cool Breeze

  • Prevent is followed by the gerund, or from and the gerund: Nothing can prevent him [ from ] go ing there.
  • CB
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Prevent is followed by the gerund, or from and the gerund:

Nothing can prevent him [from] going there.

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