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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

-ING word or infinitive?

I took one hour getting to the beach./ I took one hour to get to the beach.

Wouild you please tell me whether both are correct? If so, is there a difference?

Thank you.
  

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/ I took one hour to get to the beach. The above is not correct and natural utterance. "I" is not the subject in this context.

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  • / I took one hour to get to the beach.
  • The above is not correct and natural utterance.
  • "I" is not the subject in this context.
  • e.
  • "It took an hour to get to the beach".
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AnonymousI took one hour getting to the beach./
I took one hour to get to the beach.
The above is not correct and natural utterance.
"I" is not the subject in this context. This is where the dummy "it" construction is used, i.e. "It took
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