(To and For) for the same thing
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The question is that if it is true that you can use [ to + verb ]and [ For + verb + Ing ] to express the same thing.
For instance,
1. Books to learn english
2. Books for learning english
1.I have a special knife to cut chicken.
2.I have a special knife for cutting chicken.
That would be it, thanks in advance!
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Ronnier Mún The question is that if whether (it is true that) you can use [ to + verb ]and [ For + verb + Ing ] to express the same thing. For instance, ... The answer is that sometimes you can and sometimes you can't.
- Ronnier Mún The question is that if whether (it is true that) you can use [ to + verb ]and [ For + verb + Ing ] to express the same thing.
- For instance, ...
- The answer is that sometimes you can and sometimes you can't.
- It's OK in the two examples you quoted, but it doesn't always work.
- The replacement of the infinitive by a for -ing construction is more typical when speaking of the use of a tool of some kind.
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Ronnier MúnThe question isthat ifwhether (it is true that) you can use [ to + verb ]and [ For + verb + Ing ] to express the same thing.
For instance,
...
The answer is that sometimes you can and sometimes you can't.
It's OK in the two examples you quoted, but it doesn't always work.
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