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Old 07-Mar-2006, 10:46
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Default "aim at" or "aim to"

Hi,

Do you write:
"The proposed approach aims at doing this computation quickly"
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"The proposed approach aims to do this computation quickly"

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Default Re: "aim at" or "aim to"

They're both fine IMO.
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