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Deborahjeong Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
To infinitive
"Human beings have been seeking new ways to cure illness and look after the sick for thousands of years
Do you think I need to put "to" before the verb look (meaning to cure... and to look after) to make it more clear since the paragraph can be understood as have been seeking.... and looking for with the condition where i am allowed to mean it as the phrase "have been looking" for
I hope you understand my question
Thanks
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deborahjeong Do you think I need to put "to" before the verb look (meaning to cure... and to look after) No. deborahjeong the paragraph can be understood as have been seeking....
- deborahjeong Do you think I need to put "to" before the verb look (meaning to cure...
- and to look after) No.
- deborahjeong the paragraph can be understood as have been seeking....
- and looking No, I don't think it can.
- deborahjeong I hope you understand my question What I notice is the order, which seems reversed.
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deborahjeongDo you think I need to put "to" before the verb look (meaning to cure... and to look after)
No.
deborahjeongthe paragraph can be understood as have been seeking.... and looking
No, I don't think it can.
deborahjeongI hope you understand my question
What I notic
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