-to afford to do o to afford doing?-

-to afford to do o to afford doing?-
Nota d'uso
Quando to afford è seguito da un altro verbo, questo è di norma all'infinito preceduto da to: We can't afford to make any mistakes, non possiamo permetterci di commettere nessun errore (non We can't afford making any mistakes).

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