Are these sentences correct:
1) He fights to be Italian.
2) He fights for being Italian.
I suppose the idea is that he fights to maintain his Italian identity, probably in adverse conditions. But is that the meaning of the sentences? And do they mean the same?
Gratefully,
Navi
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- Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:02 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: fight for
- Replies: 1
- Views: 92
- Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:35 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: feel bad for you having to...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 70
feel bad for you having to...
Are these sentences correct: 1) I feel bad for you having to work in a place like this. 1a) I feel bad for your having to work in a place like this. 2) I feel bad for you doing all this work. 2a) I feel bad for your doing all this work. I think 'feel bad for' works a bit like a verb of perception he...
- Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:21 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: which
- Replies: 4
- Views: 190
Re: which
Thank you very much, Eric,
You are right! I hadn't thought of that, but the other version doesn't seem strange to me. I think that's the one I'd use.
Brilliant analysis!
You are right! I hadn't thought of that, but the other version doesn't seem strange to me. I think that's the one I'd use.
Brilliant analysis!
- Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:27 pm
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: which
- Replies: 4
- Views: 190
Re: which
Thank you very much, Eric, I don't know. Sometimes, for some reason a correct sentence sounds odd to me. In this case, '2' sounded odd. I thought that it should be correct, but it sounded strange. Hence, the question. Funnily enough, '1' didn't sound strange, and they have basically the same structu...
- Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:42 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: which
- Replies: 4
- Views: 190
which
Are these sentences correct:
1) He was behaving very strangely, from which I concluded that he had taken drugs.
2) She suddenly became calm, for which I could find no explanation.
Gratefully,
Navi
1) He was behaving very strangely, from which I concluded that he had taken drugs.
2) She suddenly became calm, for which I could find no explanation.
Gratefully,
Navi
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 11:41 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: comma
- Replies: 1
- Views: 106
comma
1) All those who were rational and not fanatical began to have doubts about their ideas. 2) All those who were rational, and not fanatical, began to have doubts about their ideas. In which case the rational ones and the fanatics form two mutually exclusive groups? That would be the meaning one woul...
- Sat Feb 13, 2021 8:37 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: to be followed
- Replies: 1
- Views: 271
to be followed
Which are correct:
1) That he was being followed was a secret.
2) For him to be followed was a secret.
3) It was a secret that he was being followed.
4) It was a secret for him to be followed.
Gratefully,
Navi
1) That he was being followed was a secret.
2) For him to be followed was a secret.
3) It was a secret that he was being followed.
4) It was a secret for him to be followed.
Gratefully,
Navi
- Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:55 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: to keep quiet
- Replies: 1
- Views: 372
to keep quiet
Which are correct: 1) He was killed to keep him quiet. 2) He was killed to be kept quiet. 3) He was killed to keep quiet. (meaning: He was killed so that he would keep quiet.) 4) He was killed in order to keep him quiet. 5) He was killed in order to be kept quiet. 6) He was kidnapped to toil in a mi...
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 9:32 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: a secret to...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 644
a secret to...
-Why was his whereabouts a secret?
1) It was a secret to protect him from the mob.
2) It was a secret so that he'd be protected from the mob.
3) It was a secret for him to be protected from the mob.
Are 1-3 grammatical and meaningful in this context?
Are they idiomatic?
Gratefully,
Navi
1) It was a secret to protect him from the mob.
2) It was a secret so that he'd be protected from the mob.
3) It was a secret for him to be protected from the mob.
Are 1-3 grammatical and meaningful in this context?
Are they idiomatic?
Gratefully,
Navi
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 12:56 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: by when
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1031
by when
1) Whoever hasn't done their homework is not allowed to go to the show tonight. 2) Whoever hasn't done their homework cannot go to the show tonight. 3) Whoever hasn't done their homework will not be allowed to go to the show tonight. 4) Whoever hasn't done their homework is not going to allowed to ...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:06 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: could have left the country
- Replies: 1
- Views: 918
could have left the country
Which are correct: 1) We don't know where he is. He might have left the country. 2) We don't know where he is. He could have left the country. 3) It was fortunate we didn't go mountain climbing. We might have died in that avalanche. 4) It was fortunate we didn't go mountain climbing. We could have d...
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:41 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: bones of a hen
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1648
bones of a hen
Are these sentences correct:
1) He used bones of a hen to make an amulet.
2) He used bones of hens to make amulets.
How are the different from:
1a) He used the bones of a hen to make an amulet.
2a) He used the bones of hens to make amulets.
Gratefully,
Navi
1) He used bones of a hen to make an amulet.
2) He used bones of hens to make amulets.
How are the different from:
1a) He used the bones of a hen to make an amulet.
2a) He used the bones of hens to make amulets.
Gratefully,
Navi
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 2:00 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: for him to lose
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1207
for him to lose
1) It would be good for him to lose. 2) For him to lose would be good. Can both these sentences have both of these meanings: a) It would be a good thing if he loses. b) It would be good thing for him if he loses. He would benefit from losing. I think that for '2' to have meaning 'b' we would need a...
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 1:55 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: that he should/for him to
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1189
that he should/for him to
Are these sentences both correct and do they mean the same:
1) That he should acknowledge that he has made a mistake will mark a moment in history.
2) For him to acknowledge that he has made a mistake will mark a moment in history.
Gratefully,
Navi
1) That he should acknowledge that he has made a mistake will mark a moment in history.
2) For him to acknowledge that he has made a mistake will mark a moment in history.
Gratefully,
Navi
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 8:03 am
- Forum: Usage and Writing
- Topic: different chaos
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1972
different chaos
Is this correct: 1) Look at all the different chaos your daily life is made up of. There's the chaos at work, the chaos of your relationship with your kids and then there's the chaos of the news. My problem is that 'chaos' is a mass noun, and I am not sure that one could use 'different chaos' instea...