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Hi."He gets criticism from some people, but they failed to create get the tempo and get the ball moving and that's what he does for you" [From the BBC.]Why is the verb get not preceded by the particle to to introduce the infinitive in the sentence? Thank you.

GPY · Accepted Answer

"to create get ..." is incorrect English.

It seems this may be taken from a text stream that is typed very quickly in real time, so probably someone just had some finger trouble.

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you, GPY, for your useful reply.

Anonymous · Answer

You have brought up the to and infinitve, I have my concerns with it now.
Can you tell me if know how is followed by 'to' and infinitive?

He is a lot of know-how to deal with kids.
or proceeded by about?
1He is lot of know-how about that subject.

Is fortified followed by to + infinitive correct?
2Our team is fortified to challenge the best team in the league.

Is fortified possible in that sentence?

Is attributed followed by to correct in :
Is the choice of words correct?
3When he fell, he grimaced but I don't know what the grimace was attributed to.

What does 'it was required to' refer to? IT?

4The proposed deal involves seven players, with the Kings sending John Salmons, Greivis Vasquez, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes to Toronto in exchange for Gay, Aaron Gray and Quincy Acy. It was required to be a large trade to accommodate Gay's salary, which is more than $17 million this season.

Is accustomed to followed by ING verb? Is this worded correctly?
5There is plenty of time left for them to play like we've been accustomed to them playing.

Is the infinitive to win or just 'win'? Is there anything you have to change?
His return from injury would either/was either going to help the team (to) win or disrupt disturb the team's chemistry. It did the latter.

Thanks for helping understand

GPY · Answer

He is a lot of know-how to deal with kids.
or proceeded by about?
1He is lot of know-how about that subject.
You can't say he is a lot of know-how; it would have to be has. "He has a lot of know-how to deal with kids" is marginal and rather ambiguous. "He has lot of know-how about that subject" is OK.

Is fortified followed by to + infinitive correct?
2Our team is fortified to challenge the best team in the league.
Is fortified possible in that sentence?
I think this is acceptable. It is not a very common pattern though.

Is attributed followed by to correct in :
Is the choice of words correct?
3When he fell, he grimaced but I don't know what the grimace was attributed to.
This is possible but "attributed to" implies that someone examined the situation and reached a conclusion about the cause of the grimace, that conclusion being unknown to the speaker. It does not simply mean "I don't know what caused the grimace".

What does 'it was required to' refer to? IT?
4The proposed deal involves seven players, with the Kings sending John Salmons, Greivis Vasquez, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes to Toronto in exchange for Gay, Aaron Gray and Quincy Acy. It was required to be a large trade to accommodate Gay's salary, which is more than $17 million this season.
"it" refers to "the proposed deal".

Is accustomed to followed by ING verb? Is this worded correctly?
5There is plenty of time left for them to play like we've been accustomed to them playing.
"accustomed to" followed by -ing form is a correct pattern. This specific sentence seems slightly clumsy but may pass. Very strictly "they" should be "their", but I feel that making that change hardly helps matters.

Is the infinitive to win or just 'win'? Is there anything you have to change? His return from injury would either/was either going to help the team (to) win or disrupt disturb the team's chemistry. It did the latter.
This is OK with or without "to" (this is a function of the verb "help" rather than anything to do with "win" specifically). "disrupt disturb" is obviously just a typo. Choose one or the other.

When you number an item, use a dot or bracket followed by a space. For example:

1. He is lot of know-how about that subject.
1) He is lot of know-how about that subject.

This kind of thing is wrong:

1He is lot of know-how about that subject.

GPY · Answer

GPY"He has lot of know-how about that subject" is OK.

I mean to say that "He has a lot of know-how about that subject" is OK.

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you!!!

How can I make it less clumsy?
5There is plenty of time left for them to play like we've been accustomed to them playing. GPY, Can I run by you a few sentences I've tried to write? If you are ok I will.
Thanks

GPY · Answer

AnonymousHow can I make it less clumsy? 5There is plenty of time left for them to play like we've been accustomed to them playing.

I think I prefer "There is plenty of time left for them to play in the way that we've been accustomed to."

AnonymousGPY, Can I run by you a few sentences I've tried to write? If you are ok I will.

I recommend that you post new questions in a new thread.

Anonymous · Answer

What do you think of
There is plenty of time left for them to play like we've been accustomed to.

Can I just get you opinion about

I watched a movie directed by a French director with American actors set in France called the Family. Have you seen it?
Could you tell me what you think of what I thought of the movie in terms of grammar?

It's not like the director isn't French. Why would has pass off his own people for such such imbeciles. The director used the USA driving laws for a movie set in France. You see a 16 year old driving a car in France when he obviously knows, being French, that you have to be 18.
Can you tell me what you think is correct?

He is available to help with dinner more than anything./as much as anything.

Thanks for you help

GPY · Answer

There is plenty of time left for them to play like we've been accustomed to.
Some people may find this tolerable informally, but the use of "like" is not strictly correct and the sentence does not feel very elegant.

It's not as if ["like" would be common informally but is not strictly correct] the director isn't French. Why would he[?] pass off his own people as[?] such ~~such~~ imbeciles? The director used the US driving laws for a movie set in France. You see a 16 year old driving a car in France when he obviously knows, being French, that you have to be 18.
For me, using the wrong driving laws does not not really constitute passing off his people as imbeciles. I'm not sure whether you meant to imply that.

He is available to help with dinner more than anything./as much as anything.
This seems acceptable in a suitable context, though in polished written English I would try to find a better way of saying it.

Anonymous · Answer

Can you tell me what it means exactly : It's not as if the director isn't French. Does this mean he is French or not? Are we being sarcastic? I'm not saying he is passing off his people as imbeciles because of the driving laws. I just didn't give a reason. Would 'USE a LAW' be correct in the context?

Do the 2 mean the same thing though? Or does it mean something different?
He is available to help with dinner more than anything./as much as anything.

I had a few questions, if I post it, can I please ask you to look at them for me?

Thanks

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