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Itasan Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

stop something -ing

Is the following understanding correct?
1. He tried to stop his knees trembling. - BrE
2. He tried to stop his knees from trembling. - AmE
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#2 is correct for AmE. I would be very surprised if #1 is correct BrE version.

— Danyoo

  • #2 is correct for AmE.
  • I would be very surprised if #1 is correct BrE version.
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#2 is correct for AmE.

I would be very surprised if #1 is correct BrE version.
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We would use either version in BrE.
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Thank you very much, everybody.
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I think both of them are current in terms of grammar, but they have different meanings

1 implies his knees are being trembling, and he tried to stop that trembling;

2 implies his knees are NOT being trembling, and he tried to prevent his knees fr
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