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Takehisa Tanaka Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence right grammatically?

Is this sentence right grammatically?

I found this sentence in the dictionary:
"Thank you for taking the trouble of coming to the airport and meet me."

Then, I thought what is paralleled with "meet."
I think, "meet" is paralleled with "coming", and it is in "ing form", so "meet" too should be in "ing form."

So, that sentence should be as following:
"Thank you for taking the trouble of coming to the airport and meeting me."

Am I wrong in thinking this way?
  

Top answer

Yes, it's a mistake. " Alternatively the sentence could be, Thank you for taking the trouble of coming to the airport to meet me. Which dictionary did you find it in?

— Teechr

  • Yes, it's a mistake.
  • " Alternatively the sentence could be, Thank you for taking the trouble of coming to the airport to meet me.
  • Which dictionary did you find it in?
  • Can you provide a link?
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Yes, it's a mistake. It should be "meeting."

Alternatively the sentence could be,
Thank you for taking the trouble of coming to the airport to meet me.

Which dictionary did you find it in? Can you provide a link?
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Thanks, teechr.
I got it.
Yes, but it is not an ordinary dictionary, but for English learners of Japanese.
The URL for that entry is:
http://eowf.alc.co.jp/search?q=%22%5bgo%5d+to+the+trouble+of%22&ref=id
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I couldn't post URL.
I'll try again deleting the "http://" at the begining:
eowf.alc.co.jp/search?q=%22%5bgo%5d+to+the+trouble+of%22&ref=id
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Everything on that link is in Japanese. There is no English sentence. Not that I can see, anyway.
Takehisa TanakaThank you for taking the trouble of coming to the airport and meet me.
I don't think an all-English dictionary would have that sentence.

CJ
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CalifJimI don't think an all-English dictionary would have that sentence.CJ
I see.
Thanks.
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It's definitely a mistake. Perhaps you can alert them to it.
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I would say Thank you for going to the trouble of coming to the airport and meeting (or to meet) me. Alternatively, I might say Thank you for taking the time to come to the airport and meet me.
(When I follow your link I get a log-in page)
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Thanks, teecher.
I informed them about it.
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