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Kine Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Analysis of interrogative sentence

I'm struggling with these interrogative sentences, I haven't quite gotten the grip on this kind of sentence.. Does anyone have a key on how to analyze interrogative sentences?

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So you stopped playing around for a while?
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So you stopped to play around for a while?

So is an adverbial, right? Is you the subject? and then it gets tricky...

In sentence 1, is stopped playing around one verb phrase, and for a while another adverbial?
Or is stopped the verb, playing around an -ing clause functioning as the direct object, and then for a while an adverbial?

In sentence 2, is stopped the verb, and to play around an infinitive clause functioning as a direct object and then for a while an adverbial? 

Thanks!
  

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Kine 1 So you stopped playing around for a while? 2 So you stopped to play around for a while? This is my apporach, only #1 is idomatic.

— Dimsumexpress

  • Kine 1 So you stopped playing around for a while?
  • 2 So you stopped to play around for a while?
  • This is my apporach, only #1 is idomatic.
  • e.
  • "I stopped smoking 3 months ago", not " I stop to smoke 3 months ago".
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Kine1
So you stopped playing around for a while?
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So you stopped to play around for a while?
This is my apporach, only #1 is idomatic. "Stop" usually is followed by a present participle, i.e.
"I stopped smoking 3 months ago", not " I stop to smoke 3 months ago".

" ......Playing around
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