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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is it correct?

They were good friends for a long time before finally "hooking up". I don't feel OK with "hooking up"; I prefer "hooked up", and it seems if "hooking up" is the right answer, which I think so-because it is from a test, they and to be verb has been dropped.
  

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Hi, Yes, 'hooking up' is correct. ( It's slang. ) It's a common structure.

— Clive

  • Hi, Yes, 'hooking up' is correct.
  • ( It's slang.
  • ) It's a common structure.
  • eg He thought before answering.
  • eg He phoned before coming.
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Hi,

Yes, 'hooking up' is correct. ( It's slang. )

It's a common structure.
eg He thought before answering.
eg He phoned before coming.
eg He smiled before dying.
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No, no 'be' verb there. 'Hooking up' is a gerund-participial phrase ('before' is a preposition there, which takes a noun object). These are two ways of saying the same thing:

They were good friends for a long time before finally hooking up. ('before' is a preposition)
They were good friends for a long time before they finally hooked up. ('before' is a conjunt
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