Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

CWSA 27

Fragment ID: 7360

Some Questions of Pronunciation and Usage [3]

As between the forms – “with a view to express” and “with a view to expressing” – the Oxford Concise calls the former vulgar.

I don’t agree with Oxford. Both forms are used. If “to express” is vulgar, “to expressing” is cumbrous and therefore inelegant.