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Grammar and Linguistics > X will commit to start the project / or / X will commit to starting the project ???
X will commit to start the project / or / X will commit to starting the project ???
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soleole
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X will commit to start the project / or / X will commit to starting the project ???
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any suggestions/explanations?
Thanks guys!!!  |
23 Apr 2009
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Lana.
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The second one is better than the first one, although the first one doesn �t sound completely wrong.
It �s the use of gerund /infinitive after the verb rule. I don �t remember it very well.
Why can �t you commit to do something? Although, if you commit to doing something, it somehow sounds more natural... |
23 Apr 2009
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soleole
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Hi lana! thanks for the answer, that �s what I thought too... I think I will resort to the second one, it does sound somewhat more natural in a positive statement.
Thanks! :o) |
23 Apr 2009
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freddie
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Hi
It is definitely the second "commit to starting the project". "starting the project " is the "thing" X is commiting to. We are using a gerund phrase as the object.
Does that help?? |
23 Apr 2009
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eng789
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The second sounds better to me. |
23 Apr 2009
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soleole
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Hi freddie and Eng789! it sure helps!! it confirms what I thought! thanks to both! :o) |
23 Apr 2009
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alex1968
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commit to + ...ing (in all instances! rule) |
23 Apr 2009
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