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Maked
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Hello everyone,
In my book of C1 I've come across this:
"My ambition is to become a teacher" (OK. I have no problems here), and "My worry is not being good enough to pass".
Why is it like that? Can you give me other examples of a noun followed by a gerund? I've never found an explanation to this. The only thing I've ever heard about this is that SOME nouns take an infinitive... Maybe the nouns with an infinitive tend to refer to "plans", "decisions" or something of that sort?
In the case of worry, I think we could use both forms: "my worry is to work as much as I can" (I make an effort); "My worry is working too much" (I fear it)
Also, could we say "My fear is going/to go blind?"
Please, help me with this. I'll really appreciate it.
In my book of C1 I've come across this:
"My ambition is to become a teacher" (OK. I have no problems here), and "My worry is not being good enough to pass".
Why is it like that? Can you give me other examples of a noun followed by a gerund? I've never found an explanation to this. The only thing I've ever heard about this is that SOME nouns take an infinitive... Maybe the nouns with an infinitive tend to refer to "plans", "decisions" or something of that sort?
In the case of worry, I think we could use both forms: "my worry is to work as much as I can" (I make an effort); "My worry is working too much" (I fear it)
Also, could we say "My fear is going/to go blind?"
Please, help me with this. I'll really appreciate it.