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Belly Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Verb forms
I came across some sentences, such as:
But to love her, I just need her everywhere
To please him is easy
Love a person is so hard
Running makes me exhausted
Living is easy with eyes closed
Why "to live is to fight" but not "living is to fight"
So, when to use to infi/ gerund or bare?
But to love her, I just need her everywhere
To please him is easy
Love a person is so hard
Running makes me exhausted
Living is easy with eyes closed
Why "to live is to fight" but not "living is to fight"
So, when to use to infi/ gerund or bare?
Top answer
Hi, it'd difficult to say. Both could be used in most contexts, but one is usually more common than the other in certain cases. At the beginning of a sentence the ing-form is much more common.
- Hi, it'd difficult to say.
- Both could be used in most contexts, but one is usually more common than the other in certain cases.
- At the beginning of a sentence the ing-form is much more common.
- The to-form sounds more formal or literary to me.
- Studying English is hard.
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Hi,
it'd difficult to say. Both could be used in most contexts, but one is usually more common than the other in certain cases.
At the beginning of a sentence the ing-form is much more common. The to-form sounds more formal or literary to me.
Studying English is hard. To sutdy English is hard.
In other structures the to-form is the usual one.
It's difficult
it'd difficult to say. Both could be used in most contexts, but one is usually more common than the other in certain cases.
At the beginning of a sentence the ing-form is much more common. The to-form sounds more formal or literary to me.
Studying English is hard. To sutdy English is hard.
In other structures the to-form is the usual one.
It's difficult
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Hi Belly
I agree with what Kooyeen has written. I would add that it saying "To live is to fight" is simply better balanced. In that sentence (with the verb be), you basically indicate that the parts of the sentence on either side of the verb are equal or the same, so it is better to keep the form the same as well.
I agree with what Kooyeen has written. I would add that it saying "To live is to fight" is simply better balanced. In that sentence (with the verb be), you basically indicate that the parts of the sentence on either side of the verb are equal or the same, so it is better to keep the form the same as well.
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