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What is the difference between “to talk to that guy is difficult” and “that guy is difficult to talk to” ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between “to talk to that guy is difficult” and “that guy is difficult to talk to” ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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They are both grammatically correct, but…
The first one is clumsy/clunky/not elegant.
The second one is very natural sounding.
• That guy is hard to talk to.
• It's so hard to talk to that guy.
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