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Deborahjeong Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

To ignore or ignoring

1. A great way to deal with stress is to ignore it. 2. A great way to deal with stress is ignoring it. Which one is correct? Thanks.


  

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deborahjeong 1. A great way to deal with stress is to ignore it. 2.

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deborahjeong

1. A great way to deal with stress is to ignore it. 2. A great way to deal with stress is ignoring it. Which one is correct? Thanks.

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You have to be careful putting a gerund (ignoring) after a form of be (is) because that can be confused with a continuous verb form (is ignoring, are ignoring, was ignor