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Taka Posted 14 years ago
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Playing
Playing music is good for you.
To play music is good for you.
About 'play(ing)', who plays it? 'You'? Or someone plays it and it is good for 'you'?
To play music is good for you.
About 'play(ing)', who plays it? 'You'? Or someone plays it and it is good for 'you'?
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Playing music is good for you. (X) To play music is good for you. The infinitive form is rare and awkward in initial subject position.
- Playing music is good for you.
- (X) To play music is good for you.
- The infinitive form is rare and awkward in initial subject position.
- Taka About 'play(ing)', who plays it?
- 'You'?
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Playing music is good for you.
(X) To play music is good for you.
The infinitive form is rare and awkward in initial subject position.
(X) To play music is good for you.
The infinitive form is rare and awkward in initial subject position.
TakaAbout 'play(ing)', who plays it? 'You'? Or someone plays it and it is good for 'you'?You, or you play a recording of it.
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Good.
What about this, MM? Does it sound OK?
It's good for them to play music for them.
What about this, MM? Does it sound OK?
It's good for them to play music for them.
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Then these work but they are different in meaning, right?
It's good for them to play music.
It's good to play music for them.
It's good for them to play music.
It's good to play music for them.
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TakaThen these work but they are different in meaning, right?It's good for them to play music.It's good to play music for them.Yes, we would presume different scenarios.
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