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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Goes jogging and exercising

Can I say,

(a) He goes jogging and exercising in the park.
(b) He goes jogging and does exercising in the park. He has a healthy body because of that.
(c) He is jogging in the park. He is exercising before jogging.
(d) He is jogging or / and exercising in the park.
(e) He likes jogging and does exercising at the park. He even trains there with his friends.
  

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(a) He goes jogging and exercising in the park. -- OK (b) He goes jogging and exercises/does exercises in the park. He has a healthy body because of that.

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  • (a) He goes jogging and exercising in the park.
  • -- OK (b) He goes jogging and exercises/does exercises in the park.
  • He has a healthy body because of that.
  • -- If you just say "exercises" then "exercises" is a verb.
  • If you say "does exercises" then "exercises" is a noun.
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(a) He goes jogging and exercising in the park. -- OK

(b) He goes jogging and exercises/does exercises in the park. He has a healthy body because of that. -- If you just say "exercises" then "exercises" is a verb. If you say "does exercises" then "exercises" is a noun.

(c) He is jogging in the park. He is exercising before jogging. -- Grammatically OK, but it's slightly o
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