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Taka Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
to do
Doing X is different from doing Y.
If I converted the first 'doing X' to the infinitive as:
To do X is...
how would the rest of the sentence be? Would it be:
To do X is different from doing Y
?
If I converted the first 'doing X' to the infinitive as:
To do X is...
how would the rest of the sentence be? Would it be:
To do X is different from doing Y
?
Top answer
Either can be used. The infinitive form usually does not read as well as the -ing form, in either position.
- Either can be used.
- The infinitive form usually does not read as well as the -ing form, in either position.
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Either can be used. The infinitive form usually does not read as well as the -ing form, in either position.
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Mister MicawberEither can be used. The infinitive form usually does not read as well as the -ing form, in either position.When you say 'Either can be used', do you mean either 'To do X is different from doing Y' or 'To do X is different from to do Y' can be used?
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Well, the 'either' I was thinking about was:
Doing X is different from doing Y.
To do X is different from doing Y.
These are the forms that are often discussed on these forums. I don't see anything grammatically impossible with doing is different from to do or to do is different from to do, but I just don't think it's done.
Doing X is different from doing Y.
To do X is different from doing Y.
These are the forms that are often discussed on these forums. I don't see anything grammatically impossible with doing is different from to do or to do is different from to do, but I just don't think it's done.
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