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rayt
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 Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 4:51 pm Post subject: starting a sentence with an infinitive or a gerund? |
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Dear teachers,
If there are sentences are exactly the same but the beginning, i.e. one starts with a gerund and the other one starts with an infinitive. Could please advise me if there is any difference in meaning to native speaker? Or it is formal vs conversational??
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CP
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Starting a sentence with a gerund, as here, is perfectly normal in English. To start a sentence with an infinitive can also sound normal and natural. I would say that usually starting with a gerund is easier and more natural sounding than to start with an infinitive, but the exact construction of the sentence might make a difference.
Does that help?
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