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Bookmark or Share- How to use "to + V-ing"? - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeInfinitive "To" = to + base verb . Preposition "To" = to + Noun, Pronoun, V+ing . Examples of Infinitive "To" are: would like to + base verb . plan to + base verb . decide to + base verb . etc. Examples of Preposition "To" are: go to + Noun . look forward to + Noun/ V+ing. be used to + Noun/ V+ing . allergic to + Noun . etc. Hope this helped! ;-)
- “based in” vs “based out of - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange"Based out of" is a common term to refer to the home base of a military unit: the 101st Airborne is "based out of" Fort Campbell, Kentucky, but they're currently getting it done in Afghanistan. We don't usually say "based in", because unfortunately, soldiers don't get to wake up in bed next to their spouses, have a nice breakfast and then ...
- grammar - Is it right to say "Why not [verb]"? - English Language ...Unfortunately, I don't think this is right. "Why not to use a cotton base layer" isn't an interrogative; it's a relative clause: "Tell me why not to use a cotton base layer." And there's no reason that "Why not use a cotton base layer?" couldn't be a question directed at another and for which the asker expects an answer. –
- word choice - Which is correct, "dataset" or "data set"? - English ...I write dataset instead of data set, in the same way I write database instead of data base. Looking at some English dictionaries, I don't find dataset. Does that mean dataset isn't correct and I s...
- Use of a hyphen with the word "based"In most U.S. English style guides, the decision about whether to double- or single-hyphenate a phrase such as "spherical Gaussian based approximations" rests on whether the first word in the string attaches primarily to the noun or primarily to the modifier closer to the noun.
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