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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

gardening

Can I say,

(a) They like gardening / They like to do gardening.

(b) Ali's family is / are gardening.

(c) His family hobbies are gardening.

(d) They love to (do) gardening / They love gardening.
  

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Vincent Teo Can I say, (a) They like gardening [Y]/ They like to do gardening. (b) Ali's family is / are gardening. [Y] Either verb can be used, depending on whether your context refers tothe family as a group or the individuals within the family.

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  • Vincent Teo Can I say, (a) They like gardening [Y]/ They like to do gardening.
  • (b) Ali's family is / are gardening.
  • [Y] Either verb can be used, depending on whether your context refers tothe family as a group or the individuals within the family.
  • (c) His family 's hobbies are gardening.
  • ".
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Vincent TeoCan I say,

(a) They like gardening [Y]/ They like to do gardening.

(b) Ali's family is / are gardening. [Y] Either verb can be used, depending on whether your context refers tothe family as a group or the individuals within the family.

(c) His family's hobbies are g
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Vincent TeoCan I say,

(a) They like gardening [Y]/ They like to do gardening.

(b) Ali's family is / are gardening. [Y] Either verb can be used, depending on whether your context refers tothe family as a group or the individuals within the family.

(c) His family
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Just one of those things - in English you garden or you do the garden or you work at gardening or your job is gardening, but you don't "do gardening".

The family is gardening = the family as a group is gardening
The family are gardening = all members of the family are gardening.

Your sentence has plural hobbies - gardening is only one hobby. You either need to
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