Timeline for Does 'to' function as a preposition in 'the trick to getting this chair to fold' but as a to-infinitive in 'some tricks to speed up your ...'?
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| Aug 11, 2019 at 15:07 | comment | added | Lambie | @Mari-LouA The OP doesn't seem interested in a real answer. The response? We have "a tautology", "read the question more carefully" and "you think I don't know it". How's that for attitude? As they say? | |
| Aug 8, 2019 at 17:46 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A |
The title was edited, the original title was slightly different: What is the difference between "to" as a preposition and as part of "to-infinitive"?
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| Aug 8, 2019 at 16:57 | comment | added | Lambie | @LouisLiu We say: You think I don't know that? | |
| Aug 8, 2019 at 15:45 | comment | added | BillJ | @LouisLiu And note that gerund-participial clauses do not function as complement in NP structure, hence only your second example is OK. | |
| Aug 8, 2019 at 15:39 | comment | added | BillJ | @LouisLiu Then why ask? It's a simple enough point of grammar | |
| Aug 8, 2019 at 14:37 | comment | added | Louis Liu | you think I don't know it? | |
| Aug 8, 2019 at 8:48 | history | answered | BillJ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |