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GERUNDS, INFINITIVES & PARTICIPLES

Bir soru kelimesi olan “why”, “to infinitive” ile değil “bare infinitive” ile 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
“Infinitive”, “relative clause” yapılarında kısaltma yapmak için de kullanılır. Bu yapılar şunları içerebilir:

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

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.

Pluto is the only celestial body that has been reclassified from a planet to a dwarf planet in our solar system.
Pluto is the only celestial body to have been reclassified from a planet to a dwarf planet in our solar system.
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.
Machine learning is a powerful tool which can be utilised in many scientific research fields.

Machine learning is a powerful tool to be utilised in many scientific research fields.
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

The old computer is too slow (for the designer) to run professional video editing software.

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 consume.

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