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Sitifan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Listen to sb Ving/V?

1. The baby listens carefully to his mother singing.
2. The baby listens carefully to his mother sing.
#1 is supposed to be correct. Is #2 also acceptable?
  

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sitifan Is #2 also acceptable? It's perfect! CB

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sitifan Is #2 also acceptable?
It's perfect! CB
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What's the difference in meaning between the two sentences?
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sitifan
What's the difference in meaning between the two sentences?

Isn't English your first language? Native speakers have argued endlessly about the real or imagined differences between the present participle and the infinitive after a verb of perception. I don't think I can add anything new to it. You can use the Search box in the top right cor
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English is neither my first lanugage nor my second language.

My mother tongue is Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien to be exact.

I am a very fluent speker of Mandarin Chinese.
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