0
Rotter Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Habits
Children like candy.
1. There is a habit to eat candies among children.
2. There is a habit of eating candies among children.
[ I am not sure whether it is fine to use countable form 'candies' here. Please tell me.
Now about my habits.
3. I have a habit to train at the gym 3 times a week.
4. I have a habit of training at the gym 3 times a week.
How about my 4 sentences?
1. There is a habit to eat candies among children.
2. There is a habit of eating candies among children.
[ I am not sure whether it is fine to use countable form 'candies' here. Please tell me.
Now about my habits.
3. I have a habit to train at the gym 3 times a week.
4. I have a habit of training at the gym 3 times a week.
How about my 4 sentences?
Top answer
Of the four, only 4 sounds natural. 1 and 3 are acceptable but unnatural. We don't talk like that.
- Of the four, only 4 sounds natural.
- 1 and 3 are acceptable but unnatural.
- We don't talk like that.
- 2 is OK, but the context is almost unimaginable.
- Who would be saying this?
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
3 Answers
0
Of the four, only 4 sounds natural.
1 and 3 are acceptable but unnatural. We don't talk like that.
2 is OK, but the context is almost unimaginable. Who would be saying this? Normal conversation would say "Kids like to eat candy." Phrasing it this way makes it very stiff and formal, and an academic paper that used this type of language/style would be difficult to read and endure.
1 and 3 are acceptable but unnatural. We don't talk like that.
2 is OK, but the context is almost unimaginable. Who would be saying this? Normal conversation would say "Kids like to eat candy." Phrasing it this way makes it very stiff and formal, and an academic paper that used this type of language/style would be difficult to read and endure.
00
Thanka Stephen
Let us say a person goes to church on every Sunday.
He has a habit of going to the mass on Sundays.
He has a habit of going to the church on Sundays.
Are the above setences natural?
Let us say a person goes to church on every Sunday.
He has a habit of going to the mass on Sundays.
He has a habit of going to the church on Sundays.
Are the above setences natural?
00
He has a habit of going to Mass on Sundays.
He has a habit of going to church on Sundays.
In both cases, it's more natural to leave "the" out. And typically when speaking of a religious service the "M" is capitalized.
If you said "...going to the church on Sundays" you'd be emphasizing that he was going to a location or building, but most people would just say "going to
He has a habit of going to church on Sundays.
In both cases, it's more natural to leave "the" out. And typically when speaking of a religious service the "M" is capitalized.
If you said "...going to the church on Sundays" you'd be emphasizing that he was going to a location or building, but most people would just say "going to
0
Related Questions