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Reegis Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

There is plenty of work to do / to be done in the garden.

Hello.

1) There is plenty of work to do in the garden.
2) There is plenty of work to be done in the garden.

What is the difference between the sentences above? Is either of them better?

  

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[1] There is plenty of work to do in the garden. [2] There is plenty of work to be done in the garden. The grammatical difference is that [1] is an active voice clause, while [2] is a passive one .

— BillJ

  • [1] There is plenty of work to do in the garden.
  • [2] There is plenty of work to be done in the garden.
  • The grammatical difference is that [1] is an active voice clause, while [2] is a passive one .
  • Semantically, there' s little to choose between the two.
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[1] There is plenty of work to do in the garden.

[2] There is plenty of work to be done in the garden.

The grammatical difference is that [1] is an active voice clause, while [2] is a passive one. Semantically, there' s little to choose between the two.

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