a good place to live / to live in

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tzfujimino

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Hello, everyone.
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Today I have a question as to the usage of 'to+verb'.

Here is an excerpt from one of the textbooks (for Japanese junior high school students):

"Kagoshima is a good place to live."

I personally think it should be "Kagoshima is a good place to live in."

My ideas are as follows:

'live a good place' - incorrect
'live in a good place' - correct

'a good place' can't be an object of the verb 'live'. Therefore "in" is required there.

What do you think?
 

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"Kagoshima is a good place to live."

'a good place' can't be an object of the verb 'live'. Therefore "in" is required there.
Your logic is fine, but we can say, "Kagoshima is a good place to live/work/be." We cannot, however, say, "Kagoshima is a good city to live/work/be."

I cannot at the moment think of a convincing way to explain this.
 

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Your version with in works too.
 
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