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HUBLOT Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Content to do something vs. content doing something
content [not before noun] happy and satisfied with what you have: I'm perfectly content just to lie in the sun.
http://oaadonline.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/content-2_1#content-2_1__2
I'm pretty health-conscious and I want my food to be real food, so I'm content eating what I make.
http://financiallyfit.yahoo.com/finance/article-113691-11403-3-true-story-living-well-on-11000-a-year
Are both "content to do something" and "content doing something" grammatical, and do they mean the same thing?
http://oaadonline.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/content-2_1#content-2_1__2
I'm pretty health-conscious and I want my food to be real food, so I'm content eating what I make.
http://financiallyfit.yahoo.com/finance/article-113691-11403-3-true-story-living-well-on-11000-a-year
Are both "content to do something" and "content doing something" grammatical, and do they mean the same thing?
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HUBLOT Are both "content to do something" and "content doing something" grammatical, and do they mean the same thing? Yes. Exactly.
- HUBLOT Are both "content to do something" and "content doing something" grammatical, and do they mean the same thing?
- Yes.
- Exactly.
- The choice is yours.
- CJ
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HUBLOTAre both "content to do something" and "content doing something" grammatical, and do they mean the same thing?Yes. Exactly. The choice is yours.
CJ
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