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Khoshtip Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Prepositions

In what situations the verbs after prepositions get -ing endings please?

Is this sentence correct, "Curious TMB idiom for delete window."?
  

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khoshtip In what situations the verbs after prepositions get -ing endings please? Essentially always: a preposition always has a noun object. "?

— Mister Micawber

  • khoshtip In what situations the verbs after prepositions get -ing endings please?
  • Essentially always: a preposition always has a noun object.
  • "?
  • No, and I have no idea what it means, either.
  • Please explain more.
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khoshtipIn what situations the verbs after prepositions get -ing endings please?
Essentially always: a preposition always has a noun object.
khoshtipIs this sentence correct, "Curious TMB idiom for delete window."?
No, and I have no idea what it means, either. Please explain more.
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Mister MicawberEssentially always
OK. These sentences seem correct. They have prepositions with verbs after them without the -ing endings! So how can these be possible?
1- How to go home?
2- The book is adopted for use in universities.
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And there is another one as well. Your sentence:
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master– that's all."
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khoshtip1- How to go home?
'To' is not a preposition there; it is the infinitive particle.
khoshtip2- The book is adopted for use in universities.
'Use' is a noun there.
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khoshtipwhich is to be master
Again, 'to' is the infinitive particle there.
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Mister Micawber infinitive particle
What is the infinitive particle? And when the "to" is not that, that is, when the verb after 'to" gets the -ing ending please?
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khoshtipWhat is the infinitive particle?
The 'to' that is part of a full infinitive: I like to dance.
khoshtip And when the "to" is not that, that is, when the verb after 'to" gets the -ing ending please?
There are a few idiomatic cases: I look forward to seeing you.
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Mister MicawberThe 'to' that is part of a full infinitive
How to see the full infinitive of a verb?
Mister MicawberI like to dance.
Mister Micawber I look forward to seeing you.
I have a good dictionary named Babylon. When I put the word dance in it, it shows to dance as it
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khoshtipHow to see the full infinitive of a verb?
You need to understand the meaning and structure of the language; there is no real substitute. You can be confident, however, that 'to's preceding base-form verbs are a part of the 'full infinitive':

to go = full infinitive of the verb 'go'
go = bare infinitive of the v
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Mister MicawberYou need to understand the meaning and structure of the language; there is no real substitute.
If I had understood the matter, I think I should only work more on the language to be able to split to which word the "to" belongs, the previous or the next word.
Can I put a "the" between these two words of your above sentence, "and structure"?
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