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Osee Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

to measure or to be measured?

The idea seems reasonable. Recognize better workers with extra pay. But it's not that simple. Performance may be easy to measure in some workplaces. ...

My question is about the blue part. It seems that replacing it by "to be measured" also makes sense. I met such situation for some others verbs before. Can you provide some comments about this?
  

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Hi, Does this help? Performance may be easily measured.... Workers performance is measured by.....

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Hi,

Does this help?

Performance may be easily measured....
Workers performance is measured by.....
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Replacing "to measure" by "to be measured" also makes sense.
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Hi Osee

English is a language of fixed phrases and in my opinion the passive infinitive just doesn't work in your sentence. No one uses it. No other reason.

CB
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OseeThe idea seems reasonable. Recognize better workers with extra pay. But it's not that simple. Performance may be easy to measure in some workplaces. ...

My question is about the blue part. It seems that replacing it by "to be measured" also makes sense. I met such situation for some others verbs before. Can you provide some
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No, you cannot use 'to be measured' in this sentence.
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When I first read, "to measure" and "to be measured" both seemed correct when used in your sentence.

But I think "to be measured" is more appropriate.

Exp:
Performance may be easy to measure . . . (To measure what?)

Performance may be easy to be measured . . .
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No, 'to be measured' is definitely incorrect in this sentence.

Performance may be easy to measure - the performance is being measured.
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Why can I not use to be measured there? Could you provide more explanation? Thanks.
Nona The BritNo, 'to be measured' is definitely incorrect in this sentence.

Performance may be easy to measure - the performance is being measured.

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OseeWhy can I not use to be measured there? Could you provide more explanation? Thanks.
Nona The BritNo, 'to be measured' is definitely incorrect in this sentence.

Performance may be easy to measure - the performance is being measured.
Just an idea. How about thinking this way... :

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I feel this way. English is more than just learning grammar, tenses and spelling. There is certain hidden logic behind it as well. When we think of "performance" in the sense of productivity, we are referring to the end result of how something is compared to a certain standard or expectation, which may a person, a factory, or a company. In the theatrical environment, it's about how well the artis
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