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Mshahri Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
To verb+ ing
0 Dear teacher , I’m rather confused about sentence structures that involve “To Verb + ing”.I write down four examples of sentences using that particular basis[to verb + ing]. 02 br
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00 I’d like to know , is there any distinctive difference in meaning if we replace “To Verb + ing” with the sheer “To Verb”.(ex. “to learning” with “to learn” , “to educating” with “to educate” and so forth). As a non native user of english , it seems hard to detect the subtle differences in meaning.Could you please give me a brief explanation in the sense of grammar concerning the above condition[“To Verb + ing” @ “To Verb”]. 02 br
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00 • But being in the right environment is essential when it comes “to learning” a foreign language. 02 br
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00 • Some of our officers went on a trip to Cambodia recently and did humanitarian work “to educating” villagers on personal hygiene. 02 br
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00 • A lack of confidence to communicate in other languages could be obstacle “to finding” a job. 02 br
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00 • According to Jay , her Malay-language outings have been most fulfilling and she admits “to fancying” more forays into Malay programmes. 02 br
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00 I’d like to know , is there any distinctive difference in meaning if we replace “To Verb + ing” with the sheer “To Verb”.(ex. “to learning” with “to learn” , “to educating” with “to educate” and so forth). As a non native user of english , it seems hard to detect the subtle differences in meaning.Could you please give me a brief explanation in the sense of grammar concerning the above condition[“To Verb + ing” @ “To Verb”]. 02 br
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00 • But being in the right environment is essential when it comes “to learning” a foreign language. 02 br
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00 • Some of our officers went on a trip to Cambodia recently and did humanitarian work “to educating” villagers on personal hygiene. 02 br
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00 • A lack of confidence to communicate in other languages could be obstacle “to finding” a job. 02 br
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00 • According to Jay , her Malay-language outings have been most fulfilling and she admits “to fancying” more forays into Malay programmes. 02 br
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00 TQ. 0-
Top answer
0 There is not really a pattern "to VERB+ing"! 02 br 02 br 00 The "to" is a preposition which goes with the preceding word(s). 02 br 02 br 00 In the first sentence, "it comes to" is the pattern to single out.
- 0 There is not really a pattern "to VERB+ing"!
- 02 br 02 br 00 The "to" is a preposition which goes with the preceding word(s).
- 02 br 02 br 00 In the first sentence, "it comes to" is the pattern to single out.
- 02 br 02 br 00 In the second sentence, it should be "to educate".
- "educating" is wrong there.
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0 There is not really a pattern "to VERB+ing"! 02 br
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00 The "to" is a preposition which goes with the preceding word(s). 02 br
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00 In the first sentence, "it comes to" is the pattern to single out. 02 br
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00 In the second sentence, it should be "to educate". "educating" is wrong there. 02 br
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00 The third s
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00 The "to" is a preposition which goes with the preceding word(s). 02 br
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00 In the first sentence, "it comes to" is the pattern to single out. 02 br
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00 In the second sentence, it should be "to educate". "educating" is wrong there. 02 br
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00 The third s
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