Question
1. He didn't even bother to let me know he was coming.
2. He didn't even bother letting me know he was coming.
(Can we use both sentences? Do we put 'to-infinitive' and 'gerund' after 'bother?)
2. He didn't even bother letting me know he was coming.
(Can we use both sentences? Do we put 'to-infinitive' and 'gerund' after 'bother?)
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Writeacher
They both mean the same thing, but the first has the better construction: "bother" + an infinitive.
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