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Nicetomeetyou Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Infinitives?

Is this usage of infinitives natural and common?

This lecture is useful to drive young people into an inmediate action.

  

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Both "useful to (verb)" and "useful for (verb+ ing )" are used. According to Google's Ngram Viewer "this is useful for" is used more than twice as often as "this is useful to". That being the case, I would rewrite as shown below.

— CalifJim

  • Both "useful to (verb)" and "useful for (verb+ ing )" are used.
  • According to Google's Ngram Viewer "this is useful for" is used more than twice as often as "this is useful to".
  • That being the case, I would rewrite as shown below.
  • nicetomeetyou This lecture is useful to drive for driving young people into an i mm ediate action.
  • CJ
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Both "useful to (verb)" and "useful for (verb+ing)" are used. According to Google's Ngram Viewer "this is useful for" is used more than twice as often as "this is useful to". That being the case, I would rewrite as shown below.

nicetomeetyouThis lecture is useful to drive for driving young people into an
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