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"bother to do" vs "bother doing"


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"bother to do" vs "bother doing" #16 (permalink) Wed Jul 09, 2008 18:32 pm   "bother to do" vs "bother doing"		  
Not as a set phrase, in BrE.

But you can say "to make someone rich".

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