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Hanuman_2000 Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Infinitve/gerund

Sir,

I stopped paying cricket.

I stopped to play cricket.

Both the sentences are same in meanings or different in meanings.

Thanks.
  

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They are different in meaning, "I stopped playing cricket" means I gave up playing it, I won't play it anymore. "I stopped (in order) to play cricket" means that I finished what I've done before in order to start a cricket game.

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  • They are different in meaning, "I stopped playing cricket" means I gave up playing it, I won't play it anymore.
  • "I stopped (in order) to play cricket" means that I finished what I've done before in order to start a cricket game.
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They are different in meaning,
"I stopped playing cricket" means I gave up playing it, I won't play it anymore.
"I stopped (in order) to play cricket" means that I finished what I've done before in order to start a cricket game.
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Just to clarify:

In the phrase 'I stopped playing cricket', the stopping can be
either temporary or permanent, e.g.

a) I stopped playing cricket at five o'clock and went for a beer.
b) I stopped playing cricket on my 80th birthday.

MrP
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