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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

I quit to smoke/smoking the next day ( which one is correct)

Which one is correct

I quit to smoke /smoking the next day

  

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Neither is correct without a final punctuation mark. I quit smoking the next day.

  • Neither is correct without a final punctuation mark.
  • I quit smoking the next day.
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Neither is correct without a final punctuation mark.

I quit smoking the next day.

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anonymoussmoke / smoking

quit smoking is the only possibility.

There are quite a few catenative verbs which take only the -ing form of the second verb. Some that are commonly used can be easily memorized:

avoid, deny, enjoy, keep, quit

CJ

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