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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Ing or infinitive?

is it any use asking or to ask her?
  

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Anonymous i s it any use asking or to ask her? Anon, Please help us to help you. Show us the "question" with context?

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  • Anonymous i s it any use asking or to ask her?
  • Anon, Please help us to help you.
  • Show us the "question" with context?
  • General question questions only deserve general answers.
  • As stand, they are both possible.
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Anonymousis it any use asking or to ask her?
Anon,
Please help us to help you. Show us the "question" with context? General question questions only deserve general answers.
As stand, they are both possible.
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Anonymousis it any use asking or to ask her?
To find the answer we need to insert some typical subjects in the underlined non-finite clause asking her/to ask her:

Is it any use me/my/Ed asking her?
*Is it any use me/my/Ed to ask her?

The version with the infinitival to ask her is cle
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