Search from various 영어 teachers...
Ananas
Need advice about the right expression Can anyone advise me the right or recommended expression with reason. Thank you. A. This work is impossible to do. B. This work is impossible to be done.
2016년 1월 11일 오후 9:12
답변 · 6
2
"This work is impossible to do" is correct. Here's a link for using adjectives + infinitives: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/infinitive It's hard, actually, as a native speaker, to explain the difference, but "to do" is the infinitive form. "To be done" is not an infinitive ("to be" is an infinitive. "to be done" is not) and it feels very passive.
2016년 1월 11일
1
As for me - I would use: 1. It is impossible to do this work. 2. This work is impossible to be done.
2016년 1월 11일
아직도 답을 찾지 못하셨나요?
질문을 남겨보세요. 원어민이 도움을 줄 수 있을 거예요!