JEic
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- Mar 12, 2022
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- Singapore
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Building the right definition of a slum is key to properly understand and tackle the problem of these unsafe informal settlements (https://www.habitatforhumanity.org.uk/what-we-do/slum-rehabilitation/what-is-a-slum/)
(1) I thought that gerunds should be used here: 'Building the right definition of a slum is key to properly understanding and tackling the problem...."
if I take out the word 'properly', it goes".....is key to understanding and tackling...."
Are both correct? I don't understand.
(1) I thought that gerunds should be used here: 'Building the right definition of a slum is key to properly understanding and tackling the problem...."
if I take out the word 'properly', it goes".....is key to understanding and tackling...."
Are both correct? I don't understand.