Hi, all. a part taken from a magazine: In the streets of Kreuzberg and Neukolln, one of Berlin's toughest immigrant areas, there don't seem to be many angry young men wandering around. In these largely Turkish neighborhoods, the young are

Hello. His injuries suffered in the accident turned out to be minor . Here, the word minor is in predicative usage, not in attributive usage. My instinct tells me that the word minor should be used attributively as in: He suffered

That's true, MrP. 'commitment to' takes either a gerund or an infinitive. I did want to mention this point, but I felt that '-ing' is more commonly used. The verb form 'commit' takes either too, espousing Paco's argument. I think is another

Hi, rishonly. I don't think there will be a master stroke for this. 'Just pay close attention to individual nouns' is the trick. I don't know how your English-Indian dictionary is printed. My dictionary shows in parentheses the

To Max- With this topic narrowed down to a gerund or an infinituive, I'd say that in most cases 'to' requires the base form of a verb. In some cases, however, must be used. You need to take a case-by-case approach to this. Here, -ing is a

Thank you, MM. Clear. When I was learning English decades ago, my teachers used to say, "Don't forget to use 'to'. Unless you use it, you are wrong." This 'sermon' has been dinned into me and has been seemingly supported by grammar books or

Hi. Take a look at the following sentences, please. 1. I am doing this because I was asked to . 2. Just do it as you were told to . 3. You may go home if you want to . 4. You may buy a new car now if you wish to . Which of the

Hi, Paco. My guess, maybe a wild one: There seems to be a divide. If the C is the result of the verb's action , SVCO is possible. But if the C expresses the state at the time of action , only SVOC is possible. He pushed open the gate

(A knock on the door) Mr. Ko: Who is it? (No answers. Mr. Ko opens the door and finds no one at the door, so he closes it. A little later, he hears another knock on the door.) Mr. Ko: Who is it? (Again, he opens the door and finds no

There are three things to remember about 'used.' 1. be used to -ing This is an equivalent of 'be accustomed to -ing.' ex) I am used to living alone. 2. be used to V As Paco said, this is simply a passive form of the ordinary