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LINGUISTICS & CULTURE
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| Autor: | PPAULO |
| E-mail: | não-disponível |
| Data: | 12/SET/2013 1:36 AM |
| Assunto: | bother |
| Mensagem: |
I think it has to do with "Some verbs require a gerund as a direct object" : GET is one of them. http://www.eslinstructor.net/sanjosewrites/Word_form/Word_form3.html That is, he who "gets" gets something, hence the need of a direct object that would be "getting the VISA" Well, it´s my thinking for the time being. ======================== Anyway, seems like there are two ways of reasoning that one, to get to the sentence. One leaves to the TO-infinitive and the other to the ING (Gerund form). On the safe side, we can use the infinitive for the time being. I don´t perfect all minutes of gerund yet, so it´s my layman advice. Of course, our buddy teachers, grammarians and more advanced in English certainly will give us a better explanation. |
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bother – Thomaz B. 09/SET/2013, 7:11 AM bother – PPAULO 09/SET/2013, 2:19 PM bother – Thomas 11/SET/2013, 9:35 AM bother – PPAULO 11/SET/2013, 6:14 PM bother – Thomaz B. 11/SET/2013, 7:26 PM 
bother – PPAULO 12/SET/2013, 1:36 AM