Active form, passive meaning.

Pos   Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:39 pm GMT
Which one of each set of examples would you find yourself commonly using?

There are dishes to do.
There are dishes to be done.

These apples are ready to eat.
These apples are ready for eating.
These apples are ready to be eaten.
Robin   Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:39 pm GMT
All these examples are good examples of English. The differences between the examples are very fine, and probably are to do with personal preference. There are slight differences in meaning.


There are dishes to do.

Good

There are dishes to be done.

Good

These apples are ready to eat.

Good

These apples are ready for eating.

Good

These apples are ready to be eaten.

Good
Good English   Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:03 am GMT
Dere be dem dere dishes far a doin'.
Dese here apples be aready far a eatin'.
Pos   Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:19 pm GMT
Robin, the question was:

Which one of each set of examples would you find yourself commonly using?
M56   Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:30 pm GMT
I'd commonly use the first one in each group, Pos.