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jays



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:39 am    Post subject: to do and doing Reply with quote

Are both to celebrate and celebrating correct in the following sentence?
And are both to wear and wearing correct in the following sentence?
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Hogmanay(December 31) is another important festival [to celebate, celebrating] the coming of the new year. At both festivals, a special meal of haggis and potatoes is served along with whisky. On Burns' Night, the haggis is carried into the dining room behind a bagpiper [to wear, wearing] traditional dress. He then reads a poem written especially for the haggis!
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bud



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"To celebrate" and "celebrating" are good.

Only "wearing" is good.
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