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Komountain Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
I hate...
Hi.
I don't know where I got this---the usage of the verb 'hate'. What's in my head is:
hate Ving: connotes habitual hate
hate to V: connotes temporary hate
ex) I hate answering the phone and very often just let it ring. (habitual)
ex) I don't know why, but today somehow I hate to answer the phone. You go get it. (temporary)
I am not sure whether this 'rule' is applicable. Sometimes, suspicision arises. Would you please verify this? Thank you in advance.
I don't know where I got this---the usage of the verb 'hate'. What's in my head is:
hate Ving: connotes habitual hate
hate to V: connotes temporary hate
ex) I hate answering the phone and very often just let it ring. (habitual)
ex) I don't know why, but today somehow I hate to answer the phone. You go get it. (temporary)
I am not sure whether this 'rule' is applicable. Sometimes, suspicision arises. Would you please verify this? Thank you in advance.
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Hi KM I think your distinction is correct (I was taught it in school). But actually many native speakers use "hate to do" in the sense of hating something habitually. html ]this[/url] tell "hate doing" and "hate to do" are the same.
- Hi KM I think your distinction is correct (I was taught it in school).
- But actually many native speakers use "hate to do" in the sense of hating something habitually.
- html ]this[/url] tell "hate doing" and "hate to do" are the same.
- Some verbs have the same meaning when followed by an infinitive or a gerund: I like going to the races.
- I like to go to the races.
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Hi KM
I think your distinction is correct (I was taught it in school). But actually many native speakers use "hate to do" in the sense of hating something habitually. And indeed some grammar sites like [url=http://www.geocities.com/gwyni_99/gerinfless.html]this[/url] tell "h
I think your distinction is correct (I was taught it in school). But actually many native speakers use "hate to do" in the sense of hating something habitually. And indeed some grammar sites like [url=http://www.geocities.com/gwyni_99/gerinfless.html]this[/url] tell "h
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Hi, Paco.
I am glad that you and I were taught the same way. Our distinction seems to have blurred over time. I shook my head the other day when I found in a very old book a question asking to choose between hate to V and hate Ving in a sentence like my first example. Old as it is, the book may not reflect the present-day usages. So I was tempted to ask. Judging from the a
I am glad that you and I were taught the same way. Our distinction seems to have blurred over time. I shook my head the other day when I found in a very old book a question asking to choose between hate to V and hate Ving in a sentence like my first example. Old as it is, the book may not reflect the present-day usages. So I was tempted to ask. Judging from the a
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After these four verbs, both infinitives and -ing forms can often be used without a great difference of meaning.
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I agree with you.
I don't like answering the door.(don't like the thing of answering the door)
I don't like to answer the door (don't like to go to answer the door)
Belive it or not.
I don't like answering the door.(don't like the thing of answering the door)
I don't like to answer the door (don't like to go to answer the door)
Belive it or not.
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