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Masanori Takaoka Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

To do vs for doing

We should go to the stadium to see the game.

We should go to the stadium for seeing the game.


Could you tell me the difference of these two sentences?

  

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Masanori Takaoka Could you tell me the difference of between these two sentences? The second one is wrong. Use only the first one.

  • Masanori Takaoka Could you tell me the difference of between these two sentences?
  • The second one is wrong.
  • Use only the first one.
  • You're using an infinitive of purpose here.
  • CJ
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Masanori TakaokaCould you tell me the difference of between these two sentences?

The second one is wrong. Use only the first one. You're using an infinitive of purpose here.

CJ

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The difference is that #2 is not natural English.

It sounds like something only a foreign student of English would say.

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