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Onizo Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Fake the coughs

You are telling to someone else.

1. Don't fake the coughs.
2. Don't fake the coughing.

Is #1 correct, but #2 is not?
  

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They are both possible. "Don't fake the cough" is also possible, using "cough" in the sense of a condition causing repeated coughing. It's possible that this one may be a better fit, depending on the context.

— GPY

  • They are both possible.
  • "Don't fake the cough" is also possible, using "cough" in the sense of a condition causing repeated coughing.
  • It's possible that this one may be a better fit, depending on the context.
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They are both possible.

"Don't fake the cough" is also possible, using "cough" in the sense of a condition causing repeated coughing. It's possible that this one may be a better fit, depending on the context.
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GPY"Don't fake the cough" is also possible, using "cough" in the sense of a condition causing repeated coughing. It's possible that this one may be a better fit, depending on the context.
Actually, "Don't fake a cough" would perhaps make more sense, since "the cough" tends to imply that it really exists (in which case you would not need to fake it).
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GPY since "the cough" tends to imply that it really exists (in which case you would not need to fake it).
Thank you.

I don't understand this 'the' you are implying. why it has to be 'really existing'? Isn't 'the' used indicate things you and I already know, which is in other word 'specific'?
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onizo why it has to be 'really existing'? Isn't 'the' used indicate things you and I already know,
If you and I already know it, then it must exist.
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