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Sentence #2669240

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raggione raggione August 16, 2013 August 16, 2013 at 7:05:27 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

I suppose you want to start this sentence differently: "Not to know what to do ...", or probably better: "Not knowing what to do ..." - But you will need some native speaker advice here.

AlanF_US AlanF_US August 16, 2013 August 16, 2013 at 9:30:20 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

You should use "Not knowing what to do..."

bilginhalil bilginhalil August 16, 2013 August 16, 2013 at 11:01:53 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Can i say "Not knowing what will to do.." ?

raggione raggione August 16, 2013 August 16, 2013 at 11:30:24 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

I am not a native speaker, bilginhalil, but I assume that "Not knowing what to do ..." means as much as "Not knowing what I should do ..." and I suppose this is what you want to express or is it?
Anyway "Not knowing what will to do ..." is incorrect English.

AlanF_US AlanF_US August 16, 2013 August 16, 2013 at 11:59:55 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

raggione is correct.

"Will" is a modal verb, which means that it's followed by the main verb directly, without "to". Examples of other modal verbs: "can"/"could", "may", "might", "must", "shall"/"should".

Most descriptions of English modal verbs that I've found on the Internet go into more detail than you probably want. Here's one that goes into less detail. It doesn't describe why such verbs omit "to", however.

http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/rules/modal.htm

AlanF_US AlanF_US August 17, 2013 August 17, 2013 at 12:04:08 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

You could say "Not knowing what I will do..." or "Not knowing what they will do...", etc., but "Not knowing what to do..." is better in the context of the whole sentence.

bilginhalil bilginhalil August 17, 2013 August 17, 2013 at 12:37:33 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Thanks for comments.They helped me a lot. :)

AlanF_US AlanF_US August 17, 2013 August 17, 2013 at 6:12:09 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

I'm glad to hear it!

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #2669239Ne yapacağını bilmemek en büyük sorundur..

Don't know what to do is the biggest problem.

added by bilginhalil, August 12, 2013

Don't know what to do is the biggest problem.

edited by bilginhalil, August 12, 2013

Not knowing what to do is the biggest problem.

edited by bilginhalil, August 16, 2013