Fandorin Posted 18 years ago
Russia is a country of massive natural resources. High commodity prices and an expanding banking sector have helped it (to) develop into a fast-growing economy and to accumulate large foreign reserves."
But we need other countries to work with us and that's what I'm also spending my time making sure other countries (to)
take the action that we're taking to stop this becoming worse.
Would you explain me something? Should "to" be here or it's possible to omit that?
Thank in advance.
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Russia is a country of massive natural resources. High commodity prices and an expanding banking sector have helped it (to) develop into a fast-growing economy and to accumulate large foreign reserves."
But we need other countries to work with us and that's what I'm also spending my time making sure other countries (to)
take the action that we're taking to stop this becoming worse.
Would you explain me something? Should "to" be here or it's possible to omit that?
Thank in advance.
Top answer
It's OK to omit the "to" in the first. In the second, "to" cannot be added, since "countries take the action" is a clause, and "take" is the verb.. making sure (that) other countries take the action that we're taking to stop this becoming worse.
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It's OK to omit the "to" in the first.
In the second, "to" cannot be added, since "countries take the action" is a clause, and "take" is the verb..
making sure (that) other countries take the action that we're taking to stop this becoming worse.
In the second, "to" cannot be added, since "countries take the action" is a clause, and "take" is the verb..
making sure (that) other countries take the action that we're taking to stop this becoming worse.
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FandorinThe sentence is perhaps acceptable without to before take, in which case take begins a that-clause even though
But we need other countries to work with us and that's what I'm also spending my time making sure other countries (to)
take the action that we're taking to stop this becoming worse.
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This sentence has some errors - it is so long that they are harder to detect!
But we need other countries to work with us and that'swhat why I'm also spending my time making sure other countries
take the action that we're taking to stop this becoming worse.
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take the action that we're taking to stop this becoming worse.
But we need other countries to work with us and that's what I'm also spending my time on
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Thank you, Cool Breeze and Alphecca. It's just a citation from the newspaper.
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