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Nddad Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Verb "spend"

" Sometimes, they spend a lot of money to buy rare stamps. "

I think " to buy " should be changed to " buying ".

If it's correct sentence grammatically, why is "to buy" used instead of " buying " ?

Pls let me know.

Thanks

Terry
  

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Buying is the usual here, but to buy (= in order to buy ) is possible.

— Mister Micawber

  • Buying is the usual here, but to buy (= in order to buy ) is possible.
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Buying is the usual here, but to buy (= in order to buy) is possible.
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