My bride says it is bad English
My Kenyan bride has said it's bad English - 'I'm about to leave for buying some food'.
I admit that a native speaker might never say this way but I guess grammatically it is totally correct. Is it OK to say so?
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According to the strict rules of grammar for each of the sentence's parts, it does not violate any "rules". but I agree with your bride that it is not correct. " After "leave" a phrase headed by "for" requires a location .
- According to the strict rules of grammar for each of the sentence's parts, it does not violate any "rules".
- but I agree with your bride that it is not correct.
- " After "leave" a phrase headed by "for" requires a location .
- I'm about to leave for Paris.
- I'm about to leave for the office.
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According to the strict rules of grammar for each of the sentence's parts, it does not violate any "rules". but I agree with your bride that it is not correct. The infinitive (to buy) must be used, not the prepositional phrase "for buying."
After "leave" a phrase headed by "for" requires a location.
I'm about to leave for Paris.
I'm about to leave for the office.
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