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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.
11 jan. 2016 21:12
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"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.
11 januari 2016
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As for me - I would use: 1. It is impossible to do this work. 2. This work is impossible to be done.
11 januari 2016
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