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Russian80 Posted 8 years ago
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"I hate Jill singing those songs." = "I hate Jill when she is singing those songs." ?

Can the sentence "I hate Jill singing those songs" mean "I hate Jill when she is singing those songs"?

  

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Hi I'd say no. You might hate Jill when she is singing songs that you don't like; you might love her when she is singing songs that you do like. So, no, it's not about how you feel about her as a person Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Hi I'd say no.
  • You might hate Jill when she is singing songs that you don't like; you might love her when she is singing songs that you do like.
  • So, no, it's not about how you feel about her as a person Dave
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Hi

I'd say no. You might hate Jill when she is singing songs that you don't like; you might love her when she is singing songs that you do like. So, no, it's not about how you feel about her as a person

Dave

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russian80Can the sentence "I hate Jill singing those songs" mean "I hate Jill when she is singing those songs"?

No, but it can mean "I hate it when Jill sings those songs", which is the more common way of saying it.

CJ

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