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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Stop + v-ing vs Stopped + v-ing

"As soon as jake officially stopped smoking" vs "As soon as jake officially stop smoking"

From what i found online:

-> Stopped + v-ing = to finish doing something that you do regularly or habit (is that correct?)
-> Stop + v-ing = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ missing exact meaning here, any ideas?

Google wasn't that useful to find the latter because "stop" is too common, but knowing English-language there will be a subtle difference between the two, so if any of you can walk us through this one it would be grandly appreciated.

Thanks

Furthermore, i did use "As soon as Jake officially stopped smoking" because of it's On-going connotation and would argue that it makes a difference with non-ing verbs that convey a lesser on-going state and instead focus on the moment in which the event was over.

So as a secondary question: Would the "state" of the situation matter? and for that we will need the full sentence which was: As soon as I officially stopped smoking

Officially-> emphasis on the "complete and irrefutable" halt
Stopped-> emphasis on the "on-going" halt
Smoking-> habit in question

Any thought?
  

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As soon as J ake officially stopped smoking, his father bought him a car . Past time. As soon as Jake officially stop smoking ...

  • As soon as J ake officially stopped smoking, his father bought him a car .
  • Past time.
  • As soon as Jake officially stop smoking ...
  • Incorrect.
  • As soon as Jake officially stop s smoking , his father will buy him a car.
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As soon as Jake officially stopped smoking, his father bought him a car. Past time.
As soon as Jake officially stop smoking ... Incorrect.
As soon as Jake officially stops smoking, his father will buy him a car. Future time.

I think that 'officially stops' is a little strange, but it does not affect the grammar.

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