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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Why is another answer wrong?
Hello
I'd like to ask why the answer is (b) in the following question.
There was the question #1 in the exercise to fill in the blank.
#1 The function of space suit is ( ).
Choices are (a) keeping the wearer safe (b) to keep the wearer safe
The answer was (b).
I cannot understand why (a) is wrong. A gerund can be used as a noun. So I think both can be the right answer.
Is there a special rule that gerund cannot be a complement?
Would you give me some guidance?
Thank you.
I'd like to ask why the answer is (b) in the following question.
There was the question #1 in the exercise to fill in the blank.
#1 The function of space suit is ( ).
Choices are (a) keeping the wearer safe (b) to keep the wearer safe
The answer was (b).
I cannot understand why (a) is wrong. A gerund can be used as a noun. So I think both can be the right answer.
Is there a special rule that gerund cannot be a complement?
Would you give me some guidance?
Thank you.
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Hello. I cannot come up with the rule right now as I am not at home with my grammar book. But in this case the only correct answers i b which you have also commented.
- Hello.
- I cannot come up with the rule right now as I am not at home with my grammar book.
- But in this case the only correct answers i b which you have also commented.
- It has to be the infinitive form, otherwise it will not make any sense.
- Regards
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Hello. I cannot come up with the rule right now as I am not at home with my grammar book. But in this case the only correct answers i b which you have also commented.
It has to be the infinitive form, otherwise it will not make any sense.
Regards
It has to be the infinitive form, otherwise it will not make any sense.
Regards
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After a form of the verb "to be", the use of a gerund greatly risks the misinterpretation that a progressive tense is being used.
In your particular example, the use of a gerund makes it seem that the function is keeping something as in "He is keeping the bread in the refrigerator" or "He is keeping a secret".
Likewise,
The object of the exercise was [*d
In your particular example, the use of a gerund makes it seem that the function is keeping something as in "He is keeping the bread in the refrigerator" or "He is keeping a secret".
Likewise,
The object of the exercise was [*d
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