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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
"stops working" vs "stops to work"
Which one is correct? I can see in both are used in a lot of places.
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You have provided no context but these two are quite different. Consider He stopped to eat. (=he came to a stop / halt and then started eating ) He stopped eating.
- You have provided no context but these two are quite different.
- Consider He stopped to eat.
- (=he came to a stop / halt and then started eating ) He stopped eating.
- (= 'eating' was the activity he stopped doing )
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You have provided no context but these two are quite different.
Consider
He stopped to eat. (=he came to a stop / halt and then started eating )
He stopped eating. (= 'eating' was the activity he stopped doing )
Consider
He stopped to eat. (=he came to a stop / halt and then started eating )
He stopped eating. (= 'eating' was the activity he stopped doing )
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