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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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when 'propose' means 'intend'..
Two of my English dictionaries say I can use the two forms, 'TO DO SOMETHING' or 'DOING SOMETHING.' when 'PROPOSE' means 'INTEND.' Here are the examples from the dictionaries.
1. How does he propose to deal with the situation?
2. We still don't know how the company proposes raising the money.
(These are from Longman dictionary(5th, 2009).)
3. What do you propose to do now?
4. How do you propose getting home?
(These are from my Oxford dictionary(8th, 2010).)
But in Collins Cobuild dictionary (1987), only 'propose to do sth' is in there, and 'doing sth' form is not. One more thing is that another Oxford dictionary (2th, 1974) has this sentence:
5. I propose starting early / an early start / to start early / that we should start early.
What's the most frequent usage? And if both 'to do something' and 'doing something' is all correct, what is the difference? Do they have completely the same meaning or are slightly different?
1. How does he propose to deal with the situation?
2. We still don't know how the company proposes raising the money.
(These are from Longman dictionary(5th, 2009).)
3. What do you propose to do now?
4. How do you propose getting home?
(These are from my Oxford dictionary(8th, 2010).)
But in Collins Cobuild dictionary (1987), only 'propose to do sth' is in there, and 'doing sth' form is not. One more thing is that another Oxford dictionary (2th, 1974) has this sentence:
5. I propose starting early / an early start / to start early / that we should start early.
What's the most frequent usage? And if both 'to do something' and 'doing something' is all correct, what is the difference? Do they have completely the same meaning or are slightly different?
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