Want to take care of/bother taking care of/want to care for
Did Dad give you the dog he inherited from Grandpa? Didn't he want to take care of it any longer? / Didn't he bother taking care of it any longer? / Didn't he want to care for it any longer?
I hope you can help me. Which one of these options, if any of them, do I want, (if you can guess it) 'cause I'm not sure myself?
Top answer
" "Bother" does not work. If he didn't bother, he neglected the dog. That does not seem like a reason to give it away, and "bother" wants the infinitive "to take care".
- " "Bother" does not work.
- If he didn't bother, he neglected the dog.
- That does not seem like a reason to give it away, and "bother" wants the infinitive "to take care".
- "Care for" sounds too intimate for a dog.
- You take care of an animal.
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Of the three, I like "Didn't he want to take care of it any longer?" "Bother" does not work. If he didn't bother, he neglected the dog. That does not seem like a reason to give it away, and "bother" wants the infinitive "to take care". "Care for" sounds too intimate for a dog. You take care of an animal.
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