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Wangqh2696122 Posted 15 years ago
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Are there any differences between the two groups of questions?

1.Thinking that her daughter was doing homework, the mother left the room,_______.
A. quickly and gentle B. quickly and gently

2.Thinking that her daughter was doing homework, the mother left the room_______.
A. quickly and gentle B. quickly and gently


3.The secretary worked far into the night, ___ a speech for the president.

A. preparing B. to prepare

4.The secretary worked far into the night___ a speech for the president.

A. preparing B. to prepare
  

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Thinking that her daughter was doing [her] homework, the mother left the room quickly and quitely . ) Personally, If we use past tense, "worked" , I prefer to use the infinitive, "to prepare" because the present participle, "preparing" carries certain element of ongoing action. However, it is not wrong grammatically to use participle with the added context.

— Dimsumexpress

  • Thinking that her daughter was doing [her] homework, the mother left the room quickly and quitely .
  • ) Personally, If we use past tense, "worked" , I prefer to use the infinitive, "to prepare" because the present participle, "preparing" carries certain element of ongoing action.
  • However, it is not wrong grammatically to use participle with the added context.
  • But that's just my opinion
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1.Thinking that her daughter was doing [her] homework, the mother left the room quickly and quitely.

3.The secretary worked [late] into the night, preparing a speech for the president (which he needs at he press conference......)

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