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Guyper Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Gerund + Gerund
1. "I'm enjoying playing chess."
2. "They're finishing working in the garden."
3. "They're avoiding going on holiday on Saturdays."
Is it completely fine and common to turn the 1st verb into gerund next to another one, or would it only make they sound awkward which means it would be best to avoid it?
Thank you
2. "They're finishing working in the garden."
3. "They're avoiding going on holiday on Saturdays."
Is it completely fine and common to turn the 1st verb into gerund next to another one, or would it only make they sound awkward which means it would be best to avoid it?
Thank you
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They sound perfectly natural to me.
- They sound perfectly natural to me.
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Here is how my logic processed these 3 sentences.
While these sentences look grammatically correct, I think using them in the present progressive form in conjunction with a gerund structure seem a bit awkward in this context from a scenario point of view.
If we say "I enjoy playing a game of chess every now an then". This sounds logical and natural as it describes in general wh
While these sentences look grammatically correct, I think using them in the present progressive form in conjunction with a gerund structure seem a bit awkward in this context from a scenario point of view.
If we say "I enjoy playing a game of chess every now an then". This sounds logical and natural as it describes in general wh
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