Timeline for Could you please explain how to use "preposition+ gerund" in a sentence?
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| Oct 2, 2016 at 17:21 | vote | accept | Omkar Reddy | ||
| Aug 25, 2016 at 11:00 | answer | added | V.V. | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 25, 2016 at 10:47 | answer | added | LawrenceC | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 25, 2016 at 6:44 | history | edited | Omkar Reddy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 24, 2016 at 13:41 | comment | added | stangdon | Like I said, it's difficult to give a general rule. Yes, "to create" can be used if you need to use the infinitive, for example "I like to create something new." But whether you need the infinitive (to create) or the bare infinitive (create) or the gerund (creating) depends on the exact phrase. | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 12:37 | comment | added | Omkar Reddy | @stangdon So,the usage of gerund depends on the phrase it is following ("view to" in this case) but not only preposition. We can use "to create" in some instances. Am I right? Or should we use "to creating" always? Please clarify me. | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 11:47 | comment | added | stangdon | @Ganesh.R - I don't know if I would call the second one wrong but it is just not how we say it; it does not sound fluent. It's always "a view to ___ing". Prepositions are really tricky things and I don't know if there is a good rule for what form of a word to use after them. | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 10:41 | comment | added | Omkar Reddy | @Cardinal It's Ok. What about second sentence? Is it wrong to say like that? Or does it has different meaning? Could you please explain to me? | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 10:38 | comment | added | Cardinal | I think it is a phrase: macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/… | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 9:59 | history | asked | Omkar Reddy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |