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Navitasan Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

To read/read/reading

Which are correct: 1) Read is what he likes to do.
2) To read is what he likes to do.
3) Reading is what he likes to do.
Gratefully,
Navi
  

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(1) is incorrect. (2) is technically possible, but it is not a pattern that would be used much (or at all) in everyday English. (3) is acceptable.

  • (1) is incorrect.
  • (2) is technically possible, but it is not a pattern that would be used much (or at all) in everyday English.
  • (3) is acceptable.
  • Obviously, as I'm sure you know, it is often simpler and easier to say "He likes reading".
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(1) is incorrect.

(2) is technically possible, but it is not a pattern that would be used much (or at all) in everyday English.

(3) is acceptable.

Obviously, as I'm sure you know, it is often simpler and easier to say "He likes reading".

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