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Salamandra90 Posted 7 years ago
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"He loved listening to me telling..."

Is this sentence correct?

"When he was a child, he loved listening to me telling bedtime stories."

  

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Salamandra90 Is this sentence correct? " Correct as written, but because of two -ing s so close together, I'd change 'telling' to 'tell'. loved listening to me tell bedtime stories.

  • Salamandra90 Is this sentence correct?
  • " Correct as written, but because of two -ing s so close together, I'd change 'telling' to 'tell'.
  • loved listening to me tell bedtime stories.
  • CJ
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Salamandra90

Is this sentence correct?

"When he was a child, he loved listening to me telling bedtime stories."

Correct as written, but because of two -ings so close together, I'd change 'telling' to 'tell'.

... loved listening to me tell bedtime stories.

CJ

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