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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Nouns followed by a gerund and not a preposition
Hello everyone,
In my book of C1 I've come across this:
"My ambition is to become a teacher" (OK. I have no problems here), and "My worry is not being good enough to pass".
Why is it like that? Can you give me other examples of a noun followed by a gerund? I've never found an explanation to this. The only thing I've ever heard about this is that SOME nouns take an infinitive...
In the case of worry, I think we could use both forms: "my worry is to work as much as I can" (I make an effort); "My worry is working too much" (I fear it)
Also, could we say "My fear is going/to go blind?"
Please, help me with this, I'll really appreciate it.
In my book of C1 I've come across this:
"My ambition is to become a teacher" (OK. I have no problems here), and "My worry is not being good enough to pass".
Why is it like that? Can you give me other examples of a noun followed by a gerund? I've never found an explanation to this. The only thing I've ever heard about this is that SOME nouns take an infinitive...
In the case of worry, I think we could use both forms: "my worry is to work as much as I can" (I make an effort); "My worry is working too much" (I fear it)
Also, could we say "My fear is going/to go blind?"
Please, help me with this, I'll really appreciate it.
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Why is it like that? That is not a native composition, to my ear. Anonymous In the case of worry, I think we could use both forms: "my worry is to work as much as I can" (I make an effort); "My worry is working too much" (I fear it) Only the second is possible.
- Why is it like that?
- That is not a native composition, to my ear.
- Anonymous In the case of worry, I think we could use both forms: "my worry is to work as much as I can" (I make an effort); "My worry is working too much" (I fear it) Only the second is possible.
- " Only the first seems possible to me.
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AnonymousMy worry is not being good enough to pass".Why is it like that?That is not a native composition, to my ear.
AnonymousIn the case of worry, I think we could use both forms: "my worry is to work as much as I can" (I make an effort); "My worry is working too much" (I fear it)Only the second is possible.
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