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Bmojtaba Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

preposition

Hi there
'It is essential to make/making  the comparison'

What is difference?whats the role of make and making here?
  

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bmojtaba What is difference? 1. It is essential to make the comparison.

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  • bmojtaba What is difference?
  • 1.
  • It is essential to make the comparison.
  • 2.
  • It is essential to making the comparison.
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bmojtabaWhat is difference?
1. It is essential to make the comparison.
2. It is essential to making the comparison.

The salient interpretation of [1] is that making the comparison is essential, with the dummy pronoun it serving the grammatical purpose of filling the subject position. The basic counterpart of the sentence would
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Aspara Gus bmojtabaWhat is difference?1. It is essential to make the comparison.2. It is essential to making the comparison.The salient interpretation of [1] is that making the comparison is essential, with the dummy pronoun it serving the grammatical purpose of filling the subject position. The basic counterpart of the sentence would be To make the comparison is essentia
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Both a preposition phrase (to making the comparison) and an infinitival clause (to make the comparison) are possible in your sentence.
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