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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Hopping to the rock

Can I say,

(a) The frog is hopping to next rock.

(b) The frog is hopping to the rock in the pond.

(c) The frog is hopping from rock to rock.

(d) The frog is hopping to another rock.

(e) The frog is hopping from another rock to the other rock.

(f) The frog is hopping on / over / from the rock.
  

Top answer

(e) The frog is hopping from one rock to another. (f) to, over , and from work, but I don't thnk on works very well. The use of the present continuous seems strange, but there is nothing really wrong with it.

— Philip

  • (e) The frog is hopping from one rock to another.
  • (f) to, over , and from work, but I don't thnk on works very well.
  • The use of the present continuous seems strange, but there is nothing really wrong with it.
  • To my ear, all the sentences would sound better with the simple present or the simple past.
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(e) The frog is hopping from one rock to another.
(f) to, over, and from work, but I don't thnk on works very well.

The use of the present continuous seems strange, but there is nothing really wrong with it. To my ear, all the sentences would sound better with the simple present or the simple past.
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Thanks. How about (a_ , (b) , (C), and (d)? Are there all correct?
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Vincent TeoThanks. How about (a_ , (b) , (C), and (d)? Are there all correct?

For the sake of time, if I comment on some but not on the others, you can assume that the others are correct (with the possible exception of the use of the present continuous, which I mentioned).
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