スレッドを立てるまでもない質問スレッド Part 317

98 ：名無しさん＠英語勉強中：2015/11/27(金) 20:55:25.56 ID:BH3X7xm7.net

>>97
to をつけてもつけなくてもよいけど、to を付けた方が正式であり、to を付けないのが
口語的なんだろうと思います。ロイヤルなどの文法書にも多分解説があるでしょう。

to を付けた例
(1) They loved their home, and made no attempt to expand
　　to remote places, 【other than to establish】 several outposts.
(2) but he declined to reveal any names 【other than to say】
　　he would keep some holdover Broncos assistants and will bring....

to を付けない例
(3) And I don't think I have to say too much 【other than do】 my best
　　to illustrate what they had faced at one moment.
(4) I'm not trying to do anything 【other than do】 the job
　　to the best of my ability.
　　　　(すべての例文の出典： Corpus of Contemporary American English)