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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

SPEAKING VS SPEAK

Which would you say?

1 I couldn't hear them speak/speaking.

TO vs SO

1 I'm not going to pay to go buy me food./for you to go buy me food./so you could buy me food.

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Below are my preferences. 1 I couldn't hear them speak/speaking. I couldn't hear them speaking.

  • Below are my preferences.
  • 1 I couldn't hear them speak/speaking.
  • I couldn't hear them speaking.
  • ("Speaking" covers a period of time.
  • /so you could buy me food.
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Below are my preferences.

1 I couldn't hear them speak/speaking. I couldn't hear them speaking. ("Speaking" covers a period of time. "Speak" suggests a single short instance.)

TO vs SO

1 I'm not going to pay to go buy me food./for you to go buy me food./so you could buy me food.
I'm not going to pay you to go buy me food. ("Pay" requires yo

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