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Sophi_gcl Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

ing- verb or infinitive form??

Hi everybody, I have a doubt about this phrase: "Mr. Brown had difficulty ACCESSING the company's mainframe computer usign his laptop", is it a rule to use "have" + "noun" + verb - ing ?, or it could be " Mr. Brown had difficulty TO ACCESS the company's mainframe computer usign his laptop" ? I hope somebody can help me Emotion: wink
  

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sophi_gcl "Mr. Brown had difficulty ACCESSING the company's mainframe computer usign his laptop", is it a rule to use "have" + "noun" + verb - ing . That's the way I see it, Access as an 'action verb'.

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  • sophi_gcl "Mr.
  • Brown had difficulty ACCESSING the company's mainframe computer usign his laptop", is it a rule to use "have" + "noun" + verb - ing .
  • That's the way I see it, Access as an 'action verb'.
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sophi_gcl"Mr. Brown had difficulty ACCESSING the company's mainframe computer usign his laptop", is it a rule to use "have" + "noun" + verb - ing
. That's the way I see it, Access as an 'action verb'.
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sophi_gclMr. Brown had difficulty ACCESSING the company's mainframe computer
This is correct. You can't use the infinitive there.

I don't think your rule necessarily applies in all cases, but it does apply in many cases.

to have [difficulty / a hard time / trouble / a problem / problems / a good time] -ing


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Ok, thank you so much for you answer, it was very useful for me [Y]
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