Moreover, is ‘I find it is difficult to speak English fluently’ incorrect or unnatural? Answer It is not a copular sentence! The verb is "find", used in the idiom "find it (easy/difficult/hard) +to infinitive" The sentence does not have a copula, but it does have a linking verb "find". Unlike other linking verbs (like is, … Read more
You should learn about how to not to be egoistic. 2 people (both are English native speakers) have corrected my sentence above, You should learn how not to be egoistical. You should learn how to not to be so egoistic. One of them told me that about isn’t necessary because it makes no grammatical sense. … Read more
Suppose my brother’s school is closed today (for some reason). I knew it and he did too. But he forgot it and left for school. After that I say this to our mother: I’m too late to remind him his school is closed today. I’m too late to have reminded him his school is closed … Read more
a post says the photon is a massless particle. According to theory it has energy and momentum but no mass, and this is confirmed by experiment to within strict limits. Is it grammatically correct to put "to" and "within" together like sentence above? If yes, which part of the sentence does "to" serve with? Answer … Read more
She hopes to get a loan from her bank to help her out of her financial predicament. She hopes that she will get a loan from her bank to help her out of her financial predicament. She is hoping to get a loan from her bank to help her out of her financial predicament. She … Read more
Talking about an old healthy crocodile, one of the friends: He looks way too healthy to be looking that old. He looks way too healthy to be that old. Are they both correct? If so, do they mean respectively: a) He looks so healthy that he does not look that old. b) He looks so … Read more
There are only a few days left for the exam(s). There are only a few days left for the exam(s) to start. There are only a few days left until the exam(s). There are only a few days left before the exam(s). Which are correct? Answer None of your sentences are "incorrect" but they have … Read more
My dear friend is being too critical of me. I wrote the following in my resume: Wrote a program in R to efficiently integrate and match student data from multiple sources. Then he says "So did your program/code actually work?" He says that the infinitive form suggests only why I wrote the program and not … Read more
I’ll never know what makes the rain to fall. I have read a post about make something to+verb /make something+verb? The answers shows the above sentence is correct, but when I paste it to a grammar checker website, it prompts to delete the infinite "to". So it becomes the following: I’ll never know what makes … Read more
I waited for him to arrive. In this quotation, what is the function of ‘to arrive’? I know that to-infinitives are verbs; however, I wish to understand its functionality in this specific sentence. Is it modifying ‘him’ like an adjective? As per a previous question, I also know that a to-infintive can function as a … Read more
