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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Rather than do/doing this

Hi. What is the structural difference?

1. rather than do this
2. rather than doing this
  

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There are many cases where the present participle and the infinitive may be exchanged. Sometimes the infinitive marker "to" is dropped, sometimes not. I believe both act as nouns in this case.

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  • There are many cases where the present participle and the infinitive may be exchanged.
  • Sometimes the infinitive marker "to" is dropped, sometimes not.
  • I believe both act as nouns in this case.
  • I'm sure others will elaborate.
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There are many cases where the present participle and the infinitive may be exchanged. Sometimes the infinitive marker "to" is dropped, sometimes not. I believe both act as nouns in this case.

I'm sure others will elaborate.
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