struggle

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I'm struggling to learn french (Is this sentence correct? i know that with comes after struggle.)I'm struggling with to learn french ( is this acceptable?)

Francesca · Accepted Answer

I'm struggling to learn french seems to be the right one, I've never found struggle+with, but if you are sure about this I guess you must say I'm struggling with learning french (without to)

Goodman · Answer

Yunus
I'm struggling to learn french (Is this sentence correct? i know that with comes after struggle.)

I'm struggling with to learn french ( is this acceptable?)

I am struggling with my job - I am having a tough time at work.

I am struggling with my boss - I am either having problem with my boss or my boss is having problem with me.

Sometimes, [over ] and [for] are used with struggle. But [with] is the most common.

Francesca · Answer

So is the rule: struggle with + nouns, struggle to + verbs? <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/38.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/38.gif' alt='Emotion: rolleyes'/>

CalifJim · Answer

struggle is a catenative that can take the infinitive or with and the gerund.

All prepositions (such as with) take gerunds, never the infinitive, so with to learn is absolutely impossible.

I'm struggling [to learn / with learning] French. (Don't forget to capitalize the names of languages.

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In this example, the first version (with the infinitive) is better sounding, in my opinion, because it avoids two -ings so close together.

CJ

Yunus · Answer

thanks for all replies now i got it (and i had forgot that to learn or with learning)

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