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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Paints and paintings and similar content

What are the differences

-Those paints look nice.

-Those paintings look nice.

-The gas sprays were more than enough.

-The gas sprayings were more than enough.

-The work is well done.

-The working is well done.

-etc...
  

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-- tubes or cans of paint. -- portraits, landscapes, still lifes and abstracts. The gas sprays were more than enough.

  • -- tubes or cans of paint.
  • -- portraits, landscapes, still lifes and abstracts.
  • The gas sprays were more than enough.
  • -- No difference, both odd.
  • 'The gas spray/spraying was more than enough.
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Those paints look nice.-- tubes or cans of paint.

Those paintings look nice.-- portraits, landscapes, still lifes and abstracts.

The gas sprays were more than enough.

The gas sprayings were more than enough.-- No difference, both odd. 'The gas spray/spraying was more than enough.'

The work is well done. -- OK

The wor

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