Don't be afraid of making mistakes in speaking English.

Here is my try:

A and B mean the same thing. The only difference is that in B you shortened the sentence but when it comes to C I am sorry I can't tell the same thing. C doesn't sound correct to me. It would be better if you said:

C: Don't be afraid of making mistakes in speaking.
Don't be afraid of making mistakes in English while you are speaking.

Don't

Magic-dragonI'd be happy if someone would answer my questions. Thanks in advance.

Are the following sentences the same in meaning? If not, what's the difference?

A: Don't be afraid of making mistakes when you speak English.

B: Don't be afraid of making mistakes when speaking English.

These two are the same in most contexts.

Yes, as Ti:t said, don't be afraid of speaking English sounds strange.Did you mean don't be afraid to speak English?

I do not sense the same thing about sentence #3. Could you give an example to help me sense it?

Thanks !

In my opinion the sentence A is ok, the sentence B would be better if you had used while instead. In the last sentence I'd rarther write in spoken english.

--- I'm an original poster, Magic dragon. I too think C is different from the other 2. I saw in a book (In this book I found many grammar mistakes) the description saying all 3 are the same. Of course I'm very doubtful about it, and wanted other people's opinions.

I think "in ---ing" is the same as "by ---ing" or means some kind of progress leading to a completion.
Am I right?
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Hi Magic-dragon,

Here is my angle...

I personally think the infinitive form works better in the “afraid” context.

Consider this:

A- I am afraid to ask Mary out?

B- Don’t be! What is there to fear? The worst maybe a ‘”no”!

In dialog “A”, if the infinitive [to