"to learn" and "for learning"

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winnerhere: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 231; Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:45 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 5 times

by winnerhere » Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:17 am

whats te right sentence

the students used computers to learn their native language

the students used computers for learning their native language

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jangojess: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 175; Joined: Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:01 pmFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 15 times

by jangojess » Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:59 pm

i think in GMATworld infinitive form has more weightage

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Danielle: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 215; Joined: Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:59 pmFollowed by: 3 members; Location: Mississippi; Thanked: 21 times

To re-iterate...

by Danielle » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:08 pm

This is one where the phrasing must match in tense with the verb 'used' in the first part of the sentence. Therefore the infinitive form 'to learn' is definitely correct on this one, because it's the past perfect of learn and matches the tense of 'used', also in past tense. 'For learning' is a rather awkward imperfect tense, and would not be used.

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