Basically what the title says, nothing more to add.
I've encountered the former form on the Internet more than once, hence the question. Thanks!
Learn English – Is “not worth to do” an acceptable alternative to “not worth doing”
expressionsphrases
expressionsphrases
Basically what the title says, nothing more to add.
I've encountered the former form on the Internet more than once, hence the question. Thanks!
Best Answer
I only know: The book is worth reading. Up to now I haven't seen an infinitive construction. Maybe worth + to do is used by some people who are not so sure in grammar things. But the construction worth + gerund can be found in any dictionary. This construction is parallel to German
Das Buch ist lesenswert. Derived from Das Buch ist des Lesens wert. In English
The book is worth reading.
And we may assume that it was: The book is worth of reading.
So I think the construction worth + gerund is rather stable.
See OALD worth no. 3