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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

ing after when



After the adverb “when”, when does the next verb is an infinite and when a gerund, and why?

for example:

do I say: He'll tell you when going there, or he'll tell you when to go there? Just for example.



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«He'll tell you when going there, or he'll tell you when to go there? » «He'll tell you when to go there» — He'll say, for example, this: «You should be there at six», "when" refers to what is to be told. «He'll you explain it to you when going there» — here when denotes the moment of telling.

  • «He'll tell you when going there, or he'll tell you when to go there?
  • » «He'll tell you when to go there» — He'll say, for example, this: «You should be there at six», "when" refers to what is to be told.
  • «He'll you explain it to you when going there» — here when denotes the moment of telling.
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«He'll tell you when going there, or he'll tell you when to go there? Just for example.»

«He'll tell you when to go there» — He'll say, for example, this: «You should be there at six», "when" refers to what is to be told.

«He'll you explain it to you when going there» — here when denotes the moment of telling.

You can say: "I'll tell you what to do", but "I'll tell you

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