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- to+verb vs to+be+verb-ing - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
With action verbs: I go to school in Miami [present simple] I'm going to school in Miami [present progressive as future or present situation] I'd like to go to school in Miami I'd like to be going to school in Miami Explanation: Continuous infinitive The continuous infinitive is used to express a continuing action after a verb or auxiliary which must be followed by the infinitive The
- 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
- 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
- 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 "
- Departure To For - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Two senses of both "depart" and "departure" are 1) going from one place to another, and 2) leaving one job and taking another job For sense 1, it seems that "depart departure" should be follo
- To pay or To paying? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
"agree to pay" would be a normal way of expressing this (agree to pay in installments) But it is grammatically valid to have "agree to (something)" For example He agreed to a short lunch break The structure here is "Agree + prepositional phrase" A prepostional phrase can also be formed from "to (preposition) + gerund participle phrase" Gerunds are verbs ending in -ing However the meaning
- word difference - to versus in order to - English Language Learners . . .
in order to communicates purpose or intent rather than timing You can simply use to instead, and your sentence will be correct, but in order to makes explicit the actor's reasoning for performing the first action
- Are you working today or Do you work today?
Could you please clarify what it is you want to know Are you asking whether “do you work” might occur in the conversation in the question? Are you asking whether there is some other context in which it makes sense to say, “Do you work today”? Are you asking whether there is a good way to complete a sentence that begins with the words, “Do you work”? Each question is answered
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