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Heralding Heretic Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Seek/seeking

Greetings and salutations,

Which of the following sentences is correct or most advisable to use?

The first months were devoted to seek a solution.

or

The first months were devoted to seeking a solution.

or

The first months were devoted to the seeking of a solution.

Thanks.
  

Top answer

I would use the second. The first one sounds wrong to me.

— Ozzourti

  • I would use the second.
  • The first one sounds wrong to me.
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I would use the second. The first one sounds wrong to me.
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Thanks for replying. It sounded a bit weird to me too, but I was not sure.
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