Re: Is this koto or "koto" here?

Konrad Viltersten wrote:
> I'm translating the following phrase into a certain east
> asian language: "we (have) decided to buy a car".
>
> I know it will be (there are probably other ways to
> express that but i'm only interested in this particular
> one) something like this.
>
> くるまをかうことにした。
>
> Now i wonder if both of the following seem to be
> normal and sound japanese. Any of those that are to
> be preferred in a certain situation?
>
> a) 車を買う事にした。
> b) 車を買うことにした。

b is correct. When used to nominalize a verb, koto should be written in
hiragana.

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