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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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I am training to be a police officer

"I am training to be a police officer"

To me, this looks wrong. Can somebody correct it if wrong OR let me know if this is correct.
  

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Mister Micawber:

When i say "I am training", that would mean "I am doing the training". Its not that somebody is training me.

But, to become a police officer (or any thing), one will get the training from somebody else. but one does not do training. Hence, contextually this is confusing me.

Of course, I am not a good english guy, hence can you please explain me how is
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When i say "I am training", that would mean "I am doing the training". Its not that somebody is training me.
No, it does not mean that in the context you gave. I am training to be = I am taking training in order to be. If you wish to say that you are a trainer, then you will have to compose a different sentence: I am training my wife to be a police off
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Mister Micawber
When i say "I am training", that would mean "I am doing the training". Its not that somebody is training me.
No, it does not mean that in the context you gave. I am training to be = I am taking training in order to be. If you wish to say that you are a trainer, then you will have to compose a different sentence: I am t
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I don't know whether a list exits; if it does, it is not long. I can only think of benefit offhand (the money benefits the needy; the needy benefit from the money). Then there are some verbs of sensation: I tasted the soup; the soup tasted good, etc.
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