Why is the correct word for filling in the empty space in the sentence, use, or “using”?
Touch screens are electronic visual displays that allow a user to interact directly with what is displayed on the screen, rather than ___________ a pointing device, such as a mouse.
Which is the correct word to be filled in a blank in this sentence, “use”, “using”, or “to use”?
I prefer “using”, but is “use” also OK? How about to use?
What are some best stories I could tell about your experiences with a student in school?
Robert Burchfield says that rather than can be followed by an -ing form, a bare infinitive or a to- infinitive. He suggests that “matching forms are best in in the clause preceding and following rather than showing off the document” If you follow Burchfield’s advice, to use, matching to interact is the best form. From Burchfield’s view, describing, is a general formula.
A Theorist and Philosopher: Burchfield, R (1996). 652, The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage, Princeton University, 2006.
Why shouldn’t we let the politics of politics dominate our minds?
What are some good questions?
Cambridge Dictionary has an entry for this. No object
is more important when two alternatives, but a verb can be used in the opposite way, so if we
use the base form or (slightly) the -ing form of a verb, we use the verb instead!
Why do
I prefer to leave now if i am
goodat it?
Another reference with good information is available here.
Rather than is normally used in parallel structuring: for example with two adjectives, adverbs, nouns, infinitives or -ing forms. When in the main clause the infinitive is followed by an infinitive without to. Where infinitive does not mean infinitive. An -ing form is also possible.
So, to answer your question, it could be simply “use” OR “using”.
‘to use’ would be the most structurally correct, since it’s being compared in preference to the infinitive, ‘to interact’. The inverse of an infinitive is a participle. It is permissible to use less than halficiple. What’s the best pronunciation ‘using’?
‘to use’ would be the most structurally correct, since it’s being compared in preference to the infinitive, ‘to interact’. The inverse of an infinitive is a participle. It is permissible to use less than halficiple. What’s the best pronunciation ‘using’?
Are you right?
If ‘using’ is the complete correct word to fill in, what is the correct word to fill in there? Do if you fill it out right or does it mean nothing?
The three above are flawed.
Are you right?
If ‘using’ is the complete correct word to fill in, what is the correct word to fill in there? Do if you fill it out right or does it mean nothing?
The three above are flawed.
Are you right?
If ‘using’ is the complete correct word to fill in, what is the correct word to fill in there? Do if you fill it out right or does it mean nothing?
The three above are flawed.
Are you right?
If ‘using’ is the complete correct word to fill in, what is the correct word to fill in there? Do if you fill it out right or does it mean nothing?
The three above are flawed.
Are you right?
If ‘using’ is the complete correct word to fill in, what is the correct word to fill in there? Do if you fill it out right or does it mean nothing?
The three above are flawed.
