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Post by Sang-heui, Kim »

Hi, All

I have a question below...


What's the difference in meaning or grammar between the phrases 'way of doing something' and 'way to do something'?




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No difference in meaning. Grammatically, their analysis would differ slightly in that 'of doing' is a prepositional phrase, while 'to do' is an infinitive phrase.
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