Re: having or to have

Subject: Re: having or to have
From: Valerie Archambeau <varchamb -at- MIDWAY -dot- UCHICAGO -dot- EDU>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 17:27:57 -0600

At 4:25 PM 12/09/1994 -0600, Gretchen Toth wrote:
>Which sentence do you _prefer_ and why?:

>...plans are to have all VMS/VAX users of email on the new central unit...

> or

>...plans include having VMS/VAX users of email on the new central unit...

>Is there a grammatical rule I should be following, or are they both acceptable
>and I can choose which I prefer?


I don't know the full sentence you are working with, but how about:


We (?) plan to include all VMS/VAX email users on the new central unit


This eliminates having to choose between two rather awkward/bulky sounding
sentences.

Just a thought,

Valerie


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