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Wangqh2696122 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
To break VS to be broken
I have developed many bad habbits never to break.
I have developed many bad habbits never to be broken.
I have developed many bad habbits never to be broken.
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habits , not habbits . Your examples are not at all idiomatic English, but we can look at some other sentences to address your concern. As noun modifiers, often both the active and the passive infinitive are possible and correct; nevertheless, we generally use the active infinitive with passive meaning.
- habits , not habbits .
- Your examples are not at all idiomatic English, but we can look at some other sentences to address your concern.
- As noun modifiers, often both the active and the passive infinitive are possible and correct; nevertheless, we generally use the active infinitive with passive meaning.
- In each pair below, we greatly prefer to use the first of the pair.
- We almost never use the second of the pair.
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habits, not habbits.
Your examples are not at all idiomatic English, but we can look at some other sentences to address your concern. As noun modifiers, often both the active and the passive infinitive are possible and correct; nevertheless, we generally use the active infinitive with passive meaning.
In each pair below, we greatly prefer to use the first of the pa
Your examples are not at all idiomatic English, but we can look at some other sentences to address your concern. As noun modifiers, often both the active and the passive infinitive are possible and correct; nevertheless, we generally use the active infinitive with passive meaning.
In each pair below, we greatly prefer to use the first of the pa
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