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nervous to be standing up here vs nervous standing up here
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I'm so nervous to be standing up here.
I'm so nervous standing up here.
Is there any difference between these two sentences or do they imply the same thing and you can simply omit the 'to be' part?
Just in case the context is where you're standing in front of a lot of people and you're nervous!
Thanks in advance.
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I'm so nervous to be standing up here.
I'm so nervous standing up here.
Is there any difference between these two sentences or do they imply the same thing and you can simply omit the 'to be' part?
Just in case the context is where you're standing in front of a lot of people and you're nervous!
Thanks in advance.
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It seems to depend on exactly what adjective is involved. We nearly always include the infinitive in, say, I'm so excited to be standing up here, but I'm so exposed standing up here sounds much more likely with no infinitive. In fact, I can't actually imagine a context where someone might say I'm so exposed to be standing up here. With nervous I find both forms acceptable, but I'd lean towards not including to be - especially if I replace I'm with I feel... (which also works fine with excited).
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I'm so nervous to be standing up here.
I'm so nervous standing up here.
Is there any difference between these two sentences or do they imply the same thing and you can simply omit the 'to be' part?
Just in case the context is where you're standing in front of a lot of people and you're nervous!
Thanks in advance.
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I'm so nervous to be standing up here.
I'm so nervous standing up here.
Is there any difference between these two sentences or do they imply the same thing and you can simply omit the 'to be' part?
Just in case the context is where you're standing in front of a lot of people and you're nervous!
Thanks in advance.
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It seems to depend on exactly what adjective is involved. We nearly always include the infinitive in, say, I'm so excited to be standing up here, but I'm so exposed standing up here sounds much more likely with no infinitive. In fact, I can't actually imagine a context where someone might say I'm so exposed to be standing up here. With nervous I find both forms acceptable, but I'd lean towards not including to be - especially if I replace I'm with I feel... (which also works fine with excited).
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It seems to depend on exactly what adjective is involved. We nearly always include the infinitive in, say, I'm so excited to be standing up here, but I'm so exposed standing up here sounds much more likely with no infinitive. In fact, I can't actually imagine a context where someone might say I'm so exposed to be standing up here. With nervous I find both forms acceptable, but I'd lean towards not including to be - especially if I replace I'm with I feel... (which also works fine with excited).
– FumbleFingers
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It seems to depend on exactly what adjective is involved. We nearly always include the infinitive in, say, I'm so excited to be standing up here, but I'm so exposed standing up here sounds much more likely with no infinitive. In fact, I can't actually imagine a context where someone might say I'm so exposed to be standing up here. With nervous I find both forms acceptable, but I'd lean towards not including to be - especially if I replace I'm with I feel... (which also works fine with excited).
– FumbleFingers
5 hours ago
It seems to depend on exactly what adjective is involved. We nearly always include the infinitive in, say, I'm so excited to be standing up here, but I'm so exposed standing up here sounds much more likely with no infinitive. In fact, I can't actually imagine a context where someone might say I'm so exposed to be standing up here. With nervous I find both forms acceptable, but I'd lean towards not including to be - especially if I replace I'm with I feel... (which also works fine with excited).
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It seems to depend on exactly what adjective is involved. We nearly always include the infinitive in, say, I'm so excited to be standing up here, but I'm so exposed standing up here sounds much more likely with no infinitive. In fact, I can't actually imagine a context where someone might say I'm so exposed to be standing up here. With nervous I find both forms acceptable, but I'd lean towards not including to be - especially if I replace I'm with I feel... (which also works fine with excited).
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