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Laborious Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Q5: 'Join somebody to do something' OR 'Join somebody in doing something'

Hello dear teachers, 

I want to ask you a few things about the underlined structure in the following sentence, please. 

Here is the sentence:  

= Would you like to join us to the cinema?

These are my questions, please. 

1) Does that sentence mean Would you like to go/come with us to the cinema, please? In that sentence, 'to' is a preposition and 'the cinema' is a noun phrase, yes, teachers? 

2) with 'join', can we use any of these? 
(i) a verb in the infinitive with 'to'. For example, May I join you to go there tomorrow?

(ii) a verb in the 'ing' form preceded by 'in'? For example, Would you mind me joining you in teaching your students?

Thank you all. 
  

Top answer

Laborious Would you like to join us to the cinema? That is not natural English. I'd probably say "We are going to the cinema this evening.

— Fivejedjon

  • Laborious Would you like to join us to the cinema?
  • That is not natural English.
  • I'd probably say "We are going to the cinema this evening.
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Laborious Would you like to join us to the cinema?
That is not natural English. I'd probably say "We are going to the cinema this evening. Would you like to join us?"
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Hmm... Emotion: smile  thanks a lot to you, 5jj, for your reply.

And how about my other questions? Would you say that 'joining somebod
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LaboriousAnd how about my other questions? Would you say that 'joining somebody in doing something' would be unnatural, too?
It doesn't sound very natural to me.
LaboriousIn place of the sentence "May I join you to go there tomorrow", what would you suggest me saying, please?
May/Can I join you tomorrow?
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