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Thein Lwin 7291 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

to be solved or to solve

1. The problem is very difficult to solve.
2. The problem is very difficult to be solved.
Which is correct? If both are correct, what is the difference in meaning? Thanks a lot.
  

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, not 2.

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native speakers say 1., not 2.
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Anonymousnative speakers say 1., not 2.
I'd like to know whether it is correct or not. Thanks again.
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If native speakers say 1, then 2 cannot be correct.
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tamguatlayIf native speakers say 1, then 2 cannot be correct.
The coffee is too hot to drink/to be drunk.
In the sentence, do you mean that only the phrase "to drink" should be used?
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Thein Lwin 7291 tamguatlayIf native speakers say 1, then 2 cannot be correct.The coffee is too hot to drink/to be drunk.In the sentence, do you mean that only the phrase "to drink" should be used?
The above sentences and the other sentences are of different structure.
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If so, "the problem is too difficult to be solved" is correct.
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Yes. But capitalise "the".
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the passive is usually avoided after adjectives like difficult, hard, easy, impossible, but too [adjective] [passive inf.] works sometimes
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