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Should I use "to apologize" or "apologizing" in this sentence? Why?
Here is the sentence:" After such rudeness, the manager should do what he ought to do, to apologize/apologizing/apologize publicly."
Which form should I use? And is there any other mistake in it? Thank you
26 Thg 05 2016 13:46
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I would use "apologize". "To apologize" is the infinitive, which doesn't quite fit in this case; "apologizing" is the participle/gerund, which definitely is wrong here. I would just use the present tense verb "apologize".
As for other mistakes, the sentence is technically correct, but it's also very wordy; it doesn't sound quite like a native speaker would put it. I would say: "After such rudeness, the manager should apologize publicly." There's no need for the phrase "do what he ought to do"; if the manager "should" do something, then we already know that he "ought to" do it.
I hope this was helpful! Good luck as you continue to learn English!
26 tháng 5 năm 2016
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The simple and most common phrase would be :
"..., the manager should apologize publicly."
You could keep your structure and replace "to" with "and". Then it would be grammatical, but the style would still be very poor.
26 tháng 5 năm 2016
Keep it simple, as Michael suggested. You can almost never go wrong with simplicity in cmmunication.
26 tháng 5 năm 2016
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