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HifaMo Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

cannot do without seeing

Please, is the following sentence correct?

I cannot do without seeing my friends.

Thank you.
  

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Yes.

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HifaMo I cannot do without seeing my friends.
Wouldn't be more meaningful with it or them?
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HifaMo Please, is the following sentence correct?I cannot do without seeing my friends.Thank you.
Yes. The 'seeing my friends' is just serving the purpose of a noun phrase, though it's not actually a noun phrase.

Here're some similar examples:
- I can't do without an AC in summers.
- The farmers, in the villages, can't do without electricit
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Odessa Dawn HifaMo I cannot do without seeing my friends.Wouldn't be more meaningful with it or them?
I think 'No'. This is because in 'I can't do without seeing my friends', it's clear that the speaker is taking about his or her friends. But if he/she says 'I can't do without it/them', there will be nothing to tell, except for some additional information/con
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