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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

spend

0Is this right?02br
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00Anna spends some time to [ /u ] jog in the park.0-
  

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02br 02br 00 CJ0-

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0 No, it's not right.02br
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00 It should be: 01i00Anna spends time jogging in the park.02i02br
00 Or: 01i00Anna takes (some) time to jog in the park (every day).02br
02i00Or:01i00 Anna devotes (some) time to jogging in the park (every day).02i02br
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00 Each verb con
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0Jim,02br
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00I think I could see this question popping up. Perhaps you may be so kind as to explain the working of your example for the students:05002br
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01i01font00Anna devotes (some) time 01font00to jogging02font00 in the park (every day).0
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0 Gerunds like 01i00jogging02i00 can be used after any preposition. In the expression 01i00devote time to02i00, the preposition in question is 01i00to02i00. 01i00to02i00 is not part of an infinitive there. Note all the prepositions below. 01i00 to02i00 is just one of them! A dis
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