The English Oracle

"Opportunity of purchasing" vs "Opportunity to purchase"

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00:00 &Quot;Opportunity Of Purchasing&Quot; Vs &Quot;Opportunity To Purchase&Quot;
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00:43 Answer 2 Score 2
00:55 Answer 3 Score 2
01:15 Answer 4 Score 1
01:28 Answer 5 Score 0
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 3


Both are grammatical.

"opportunity to do something" will put more emphasis on "opportunity" while "opportunity of doing something" will relatively put more on "doing something", I mean in written English.




ANSWER 2

Score 2


The second one feels much more natural to me. I'm not sure that there's anything wrong with the first one though.




ANSWER 3

Score 2


The more normal English expression would be

chance to buy (general-purpose, conversation)

or possibly, dependent on context

offer for sale (adverts) or option to purchase (legal small print)

There's nothing wrong with opportunity or purchase, but they are a bit 'wordy'




ANSWER 4

Score 1


Actually, depending on the context of the sentence, the phrase "give a purchasing opportunity" may be more idiomatic.




ANSWER 5

Score 0


According to Oxford Learner's Dictionaries, both your phrases are right:

  • opportunity (to do something) You'll have the opportunity to ask any questions at the end.
  • This is the perfect opportunity to make a new start.
  • opportunity (for something/for doing something) There was no opportunity for further discussion.
  • There’ll be plenty of opportunity for relaxing once the work is done.
  • opportunity (of doing something) At least give him the opportunity of explaining what happened.

So, looking at your examples:

  • opportunity (to do something) to give the opportunity to purchase
  • opportunity (of doing something) to give the opportunity of purchasing

It would also be right:

  • opportunity (for something/for doing something) *to give the opportunity **for purchasing*