Chicken Sandwich
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jun 20, 2010
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- Native Language
- Russian
- Home Country
- Russian Federation
- Current Location
- Netherlands
1. I feel lucky to have such good friends.
2. I feel lucky having such good friends.
#1 is fine, but what do you think about #2?
According to a rule "adjective + to do (something)", which I came across while reading Common Mistakes In Proficiency, it should be "to have", but when you have friends, you're not really doing anything. I mean, I agree that it should be, 'I'm happy to pick up Caroline after school', because here you are actually doing something.
Thank you in advance.
2. I feel lucky having such good friends.
#1 is fine, but what do you think about #2?
According to a rule "adjective + to do (something)", which I came across while reading Common Mistakes In Proficiency, it should be "to have", but when you have friends, you're not really doing anything. I mean, I agree that it should be, 'I'm happy to pick up Caroline after school', because here you are actually doing something.
Thank you in advance.