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“Decide to”, “decide on” and “make a decision”
“Decide to” is followed by the infinitive.“Decide on” is followed by a verb in the –ing form or a noun / noun phrase. You decide to do something.But you decide on doing something, or you decide on something. “Decide to” … Continue reading
Order of adjectives
Remember the film “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”? I didn’t see it either. But it doesn’t matter. The point I’m going to discuss here is why we can’t say “My Greek Fat Big Wedding”. In English there are rules about … Continue reading
When is it correct to use “to” plus –ing (part 2)
I said in the last post that when “to” acts as a preposition it is usually followed by an –ing form or a noun/noun phrase. Now we will look at exceptions to this rule. The most important exception relates to … Continue reading
When is it correct to use “to” plus –ing? (part 1)
WRONG I look forward to talk to you on Friday afternoon. RIGHT I look forward to talking to you on Friday afternoon. As the example above shows, sometimes it is correct to use “to” plus the –ing form of a … Continue reading
Common Mistakes in Business English 