Timeline for Difference in meaning between gerund and infinitive [duplicate]
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| Jan 27, 2020 at 17:20 | comment | added | John Lawler | The first sentence has a gerund complement governed by work. The second sentence has a purpose infinitive (not a complement). Since the gerund complement of work describes the work being done, this turns out to be the same as the purpose infinitive, with this verb. But not necessarily with any other verb. | |
| Jan 27, 2020 at 13:12 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | Preparing for the exam was what their work consisted of. To prepare was the reason why they were working so hard. | |
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CJ Dennis rajah9 CommunityBot |
Duplicate of Catenatives followed by infinitives and gerunds | |
| Jan 27, 2020 at 12:02 | history | edited | CJ Dennis | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 27, 2020 at 11:50 | comment | added | rajah9 | Hello, and welcome to EL&U. What does your research show? | |
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| Jan 27, 2020 at 11:36 | history | asked | faisal amir | CC BY-SA 4.0 |