Saturday, June 23, 2012

Use of the infinitive, always use 'to'?




Which is the correct use:




Thanks for the opportunity of being here?
or
Thanks for the opportunity to be here?




The idea was to use the verb in infinitive.


Answer



I find both to be possible, but "opportunity to be here" sounds more natural to me.




Note that there isn't a general rule: it depends entirely on the particular word that governs it (here, opportunity), and there is no logic to which word prefers which construction: they just have to be learnt.


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