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Onizo Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Do the watering
Do you want to go do the watering? ( watering flowering)
Is this correct to use 'do the watering'?
Is this correct to use 'do the watering'?
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onizo watering flowering Do you want to go water the flowers? When the plants are flowering, they need more water. We haven't watered the plants in five days.
- onizo watering flowering Do you want to go water the flowers?
- When the plants are flowering, they need more water.
- We haven't watered the plants in five days.
- They are bone dry and need [to be watered] / watering.
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onizo watering flowering
Do you want to go water the flowers?
When the plants
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onizoDo you want to go do the watering?OK informally. Also, in reference to the duty of watering the plants, you can have these:
Do you want to go and do the watering?
Do you want to do the watering?
CJ
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onizoIs this correct to use 'do the watering'?Onizo;
"do the verb-ing" is commonly used for mundane everyday household activities.
Do the shopping
Do the cleaning
Do the mopping / sweeping / scrubbing
Do the cooking
Do the washing
It is uncommonly used for other occasional (but regular) household activities,
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Anonymous"Do you want to water the flowers?" is fineI agree that it's fine as a sentence. However, it should be noted that it lacks the idea that "the watering" is a regularly recurring duty.
do the [activity as duty] vs do some [activity as a pastime]
I have to do the [watering /
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