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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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[breaking/break] up. Which one?
"She was going to get married to my brother but they had a big fight a week before the wedding and wound up [breaking/to break] up instead. "
Which one is make sense? In my logic, since "to" has a sort of direction inside I chose "to break up", but in a book it used "breaking" instead. What do you think?
Which one is make sense? In my logic, since "to" has a sort of direction inside I chose "to break up", but in a book it used "breaking" instead. What do you think?
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It's 'breaking up'.
- It's 'breaking up'.
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youzouIn my logic, since "to" has a sort of direction inside I chose "to break up"These don't have to do with logic. Each verb that can be followed by another verb governs which form the second verb will take. You have to remember which verbs are followed by another verb in the infinitive form (to break up) and which verbs are followed by another ver
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I've studied them before, but they are really hard to memorize. Actually, I am still looking for making an image from each of them in my mind, so I haven't to just think about rules. For instance, for verbs that lead the meaning to doing something I prefer infinitives and when intention and what has taken form before I prefer gerunds. I don't know how you would see it in your mind as a native, who
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