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volunteers to/for #1 (permalink) Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:47 am   volunteers to/for
 

Let us say some people have volunteered to clean up the beaches.
Would one call them:
1-Volunteers for cleaning up the beaches
2-Volunteers to clean up the beaches
3-Those who have volunteered to clean the beaches
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volunteers to/for #2 (permalink) Tue Oct 11, 2011 13:55 pm   volunteers to/for
 

#1 and #2 would usually pass, and would not be noticed as an error. However, if I'm being very fussy, I find them both slightly awkward. I can't think of a really neat and perfect way of saying this.

#3 (or "People who have ...") is good English, but of course it is not such a compact noun phrase. I prefer "clean up" to "clean" here, but I assume the omission of "up" in #3 was unintentional and not important to your question.
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