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- gerunds - prefer doing vs prefer to do - English Language Learners . . .
Just saw this: "prefer ~ing" "prefer to infinitive" and I am wondering if there are any differences between "prefer doing" and "prefer to do" I have read a book about gramma
- Through or to? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
I would like to compare through and to What is their difference in meaning? Which one is (more) correct (or are both correct)? The context can be found in the two sentences below Julie went to sc
- prepositions - Difference between with and to - English Language . . .
"With" and "to" are very important prepositions in the English language I know the usage of both prepositions but some points I become stuck with when should I use which prepos
- Usage between to and and - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
The second sentence is more explicit that buying milk was the purpose for which you went to the mall You can see this because it makes sense to say "I went to the mall and bought some milk, though I was planning to buy something else instead", but it would be self-contradictory to say "I went to the mall to buy some milk, though I was planning to buy something else instead "
- grammar - critical to ensuring or to ensure? - English Language . . .
People power is critical to ensuring that hardware, software, and connectivity are effectively integrated in a society responsible way why ing from has been used here? it could be "critical to ens
- To the extent that means if or when?
Here's the explanation of to the extent of in Cambridge Dictionary: to a particular degree or stage, often causing particular results This meaning makes perfect sense in the following example sen
- prepositions - Pay someone or Pay to someone? - English Language . . .
The government should pay (to) his employees for not letting them leave the country Should we use "to" after "pay" or not? Does the verb "pay" require the preposition "to" after itself?
- infinitives - When we should add to before verb? - English Language . . .
Generally, the question of whether to use the infinitive with "to" or the infinitive without "to" depends on the particular word (verb, adjective, noun) which commands the phrase, and you just have to learn that For example, modals, such as should, must, take an infinitive without "to", while verbs like ought, have (to) require the "to", even though they mean pretty much the same: I should go
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