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by [email protected] » Sat Sep 10, 2011 1:13 pm
WHEN TO USE INFINITIVE AND WHEN TO USE GERUND

SOMETIMES IN A SENTENCE CORRECTION, I LEFT WITH TWO OPTIONS ONE WITH A TO-FORM AND OTHER WITH ING-FORM
CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME HOW TO DEAL WITH THESE KIND OF CHOICES

PLEASE HELP.
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by hritik » Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:23 pm
You will mostly find this concept to be tested in parallel strycture,where you need to choose option which makes the sentence/list parallel.So choose option which makes the sentence parallel.
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by saketk » Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:15 am
[email protected] wrote:WHEN TO USE INFINITIVE AND WHEN TO USE GERUND

SOMETIMES IN A SENTENCE CORRECTION, I LEFT WITH TWO OPTIONS ONE WITH A TO-FORM AND OTHER WITH ING-FORM
CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME HOW TO DEAL WITH THESE KIND OF CHOICES

PLEASE HELP.


I feel this is a very broad question. Could you please post the question here and then we can discuss.
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by crick » Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:22 pm
The answer to your question is situational. But a general rule is

to + infinitive > verb > verb + ing

Example. He helped me to learn piano. Is preferred over,
He helped me learn piano. Is preferred over,
He helped me in learning piano.

Hope this helps !!

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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:18 pm
Note that the infinite is the normal way of expressing a purpose you could also write with IN ORDER TO.

So the sentence He went to the store in order to buy cheese would have a correct answer He went to the store to buy cheese, and the GMAT will often give you the wrong answer choice He went to the store for buying cheese.
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