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Denisa 0610 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

CREAK OR CREAKING

In the following sentence, what is the right form of the verb to creak:
"You will hear creak (or creaking) the door-hinges of history and the doors of the future will open in front of you)
  

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You will hear creaking the door-hinges of history, and the doors of the future will open in front of you.

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  • You will hear creaking the door-hinges of history, and the doors of the future will open in front of you.
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You will hear creaking the door-hinges of history, and the doors of the future will open in front of you.
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'Door hinges' is not hyphenated. Either verb form will work. If you wish to use such a stylized structure however, replace 'in front of' with 'before'.
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