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- Allow (to) + infinitive, substantive, verb+ -ing
In which way can the verb 'allow' be used? There is always some confusion and apparently it's often intuitively used wrongly Which form corresponds to correct English, eventually depending on cont
- 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?
- I am to vs I have to - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
So, in your case, I am to tell you means that according to some agreement or protocol I have the obligation task to inform you I have to tell you means the circumstances force me to inform you (possibly against my wish, or I surrender to them)
- infinitives - Help to do something or help do something? - English . . .
The construction was "to help to do", But to help is used so often with an infinitive that speakers began to consider it something like a modal verb such as can, may etc and began dropping "to" "to help" isn't yet a modal verb but the drop of "to" might be a first step to changing the status of this verb Have a look at "need" It can be used as a full verb and as a modal verb Today it is
- 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
- What is a plural of To-Do? To-Dos or To-Does?
I would skip all of that and just say "I have a lot to do today" or "I have a lot on my to-do list" Google NGram shows "to-do list" beating the other options by a wide margin If you really want to go with one of them, to-dos is the most common, then to-do's, with to-does being dead last
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Q A for speakers of other languages learning English
- Is it correct to say you have been in or on my mind?
The link you provide does not give the example "You've been in my mind a lot lately" It isn't idiomatic in this context at all in my opinion What you are probably looking for here is the idiom "on one's mind" which means "in one's thoughts"
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