Is this sentence grammatically wrong?
Everyone is at risk to be a victim of workplace violence.
I heard from two native speakers that the bold part doesn't sound natural and it should be written as "risk of becoming", but I've found out "rick to infinitive" structure is quite common by googling.
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fire1 I heard from two native speakers that the bold part doesn't sound natural and it should be written as "risk of becoming" They were correct. fire1 I've found out I found that "ri s k to" infinitive" plus an infinitive structure is quite common by G oogling. That makes no difference because there are all kinds of ways that these combinations can occur in which the infinitive clause does not actually name the risk, as happens in your example.
- fire1 I heard from two native speakers that the bold part doesn't sound natural and it should be written as "risk of becoming" They were correct.
- fire1 I've found out I found that "ri s k to" infinitive" plus an infinitive structure is quite common by G oogling.
- That makes no difference because there are all kinds of ways that these combinations can occur in which the infinitive clause does not actually name the risk, as happens in your example.
- Here is a list of phrases with "risk to (verb)" that I found online, and they do not fit the pattern in your example: a risk to be prevented a risk to be managed the risk to be assessed types of risk to be dealt with determine how much risk to take perceive the risk to have adverse effects allowing couples at risk to make an informed decision The borrower has to take a risk to get that lower interest rate.
- Should I run the risk to get the gain?
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fire1I heard from two native speakers that the bold part doesn't sound natural and it should be written as "risk of becoming"
They were correct.
fire1I've found outI found that "risk to"infinitive"plus an infinitive structure i
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