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GERUNDS, INFINITIVES & PARTICIPLES

ENGLISH Bir soru kelimesi olan “why”, “to infinitive” almaz. Fiil yalın halde kullanılır.

Why pursue a career in a field you have no passion for?

Why not explore a different hiking trail next weekend instead of revisiting the same one?
5. The Use of Infinitives in Reduced Relative Clauses

Bu “relative clause” yapıları şunları içerebilir:

Ordinal numbers (Sıra sayıları)
The only
The superlative forms (En üstünlük derecesindeki sıfatlar)
Modal verbs

Cahit Arf was the first Turkish mathematician who earned international praise for his contributions to algebraic number
theory.
Cahit Arf was the first Turkish mathematician to earn international praise for his contributions to algebraic number
theory.
The Arctic Circle is a region which can be explored by adventurers and researchers without visa requirements.
The Arctic Circle is a region to be explored by adventurers and researchers without visa requirements.
The dodo bird was the only flightless bird species on Earth which survived until the 18 century.
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The dodo bird was the only flightless bird species on Earth to have survived until the 18 century.
The fastest runner who has ever competed in the Olympics is Usain Bolt.
The fastest runner to have ever competed in the Olympics is Usain Bolt.
6. Infinitives of Purpose

Amaç bildirmek için “in order to” ya da “so as to” yerine “to infinitive” kullanılabilir.
After the long flight, the passengers rushed to their hotels to rest and recover from jet lag.
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Amaç ifade etmek için “for + gerund” yapısı da kullanılabilir ama daha çok bir aracın kullanım amacını
açıklamak için tercih edilir.
Chopsticks are utensils that are designed for picking up small pieces of food.
“too” / “enough” + “to do something”
“too” aşırılık, “enough” ise yeterlilik bildirir. Bu yapılardan sonra fiil getirilecekse “to infinitive” kullanılır.

too + adjective / adverb + (for somebody) + to infinitive

Due to my gluten sensitivity, the sandwich with regular bread was too wheat-based (for me) to eat.

adjective / adverb + enough + (for somebody) + to infinitive

Since solar panels rely on sunlight, they need locations that are sunny enough (for them) to generate electricity efficiently.

enough + noun + (for somebody) + to infinitive

Effective water conservation can provide enough freshwater (for future generations) to access.

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