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Asked on February 27, 2021 in Other.
How can one see real examples with ” be concerned
to do something” 8 results at Google books?
E.g.
Planning Investment in Bolivia: The Changing Role of the… – Page 17 George Irvin – 1979 If
a number of agricultural products increase or decrease in the area it is cultivated, and if they are left unchanged, what is inspected to be done?
I should continue to be able to enjoy
doing whatever at the moment if I am /preoccupied about/interested in/ doing something.
Are passive constructs? Which is better: they are not? What is a state of mind? I’m hot/cold. Why.
What is “passive” and what is it like to be passive? I hope not, I hope not.
This is a related passive construct:
Portraits in Science Ann Mozley Moyal – 1994
I enjoyed my schooling, and at the end of primary school went to Unley High School, where I enjoyed having teachers who really made me interested in what I was doing. I was blessed in having teachers who really made me interested in what I was doing.
An agent (“teachers”) is clearly in evidence, as well as an action – not a state. Why is passive?
What do you think of the new DVD
recycling of Advanced English with a Removable Key – Page 233 Clare West
– 2010?
If “I’m interested” was followed by an infinitive, so was “I’m concerned.” Since
the recent reference: Government seems to
be concerned for doing something to redress this imbalance. So, from the latest reference: based on the latest reference:
Is there any current
action taken by the government on redressing the imbalance in power?
What makes this to me, and this much more understandable?
How do I avoid looking like a to after “would like” all the time?
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