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Anewcomer Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

contemplating throwing

Hi Teachers

I came across this sentence in a story book:

He had stood upon his balcony and contemplated throwing himself down to the street.
Why it's not like this:
He had stood upon his balcony and contemplated to throw himself down to the street

And what is the difference?

And can i say: "continuing saying things" or "continue saying things" or "continue to say things", and what's the difference

Thanks
  

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Anewcomer Hi Teachers I came across this sentence in a story book: He had stood upon his balcony and contemplated throwing himself down to the street. Why it's not like this: He had stood upon his balcony and contemplated to throw himself down to the street And what is the difference? And can i say: "continuing saying things" or "continue saying things" or "continue to say things", and what's the difference Thanks Hi, The verb contemplate belongs to a group of verbs such as admit, avoid, deny, enjoy, and many more that are followed by a noun or gerund but not an infinitive.

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  • Anewcomer Hi Teachers I came across this sentence in a story book: He had stood upon his balcony and contemplated throwing himself down to the street.
  • Why it's not like this: He had stood upon his balcony and contemplated to throw himself down to the street And what is the difference?
  • And can i say: "continuing saying things" or "continue saying things" or "continue to say things", and what's the difference Thanks Hi, The verb contemplate belongs to a group of verbs such as admit, avoid, deny, enjoy, and many more that are followed by a noun or gerund but not an infinitive.
  • The verb continue , however, may be followed by either a gerund or an infinitive.
  • , the action itself).
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AnewcomerHi Teachers I came across this sentence in a story book: He had stood upon his balcony and contemplated throwing himself down to the street. Why it's not like this: He had stood upon his balcony and contemplated to throw himself down to the street And what is the difference? And can i say: "continuing saying things" or "continue saying things" o
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Hi

Can a sentence be like this: He's continuing eating the rice. and "I saw him continuing eating"

I mean form a sentence with Subject+to be+ving+gerund+complement.
Which means there'll be 2 consecutive V-ing in the sentence. Does it exist ?

Thanks
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AnewcomerWhich means there'll be 2 consecutive V-ing in the sentence. Does it exist ?
Yes! Both contemplating throwing and continuing eating are okay. In other words, '2 consecutive -ing forms in a phrase' does exist. Here is an example from a BBC website to help relieve your concern:

"While people continuing eating beef it se
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Why there's no "are" before "continuing" ?

So is it acceptable to say: He is continuing eating despite he has already eaten seven bowls of curry

Thanks
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AnewcomerWhy there's no "are" before "continuing" ? So is it acceptable to say: He is continuing eating despite he has already eaten seven bowls of curry Thanks
There is nothing wrong with "He is continuing eating..."
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AnewcomerWhy there's no "are" before "continuing" ? So is it acceptable to say: He is continuing eating despite he has already eaten seven bowls of curry Thanks
Hi,

Oh! I see what causes you to concern. You want to know if using the two -ing forms is redundant, right? In your specific sentence, since he is 'in the middle of continuing' as well a
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