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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Tense with "can't be bothered"

Hi,
should the phrase "can't be bothered" be used with present simple or with present continuous?
E.g. "I can't be bothered taking a picture right now." or "I can't be bothered to take a picture right now."
Thanks.
  

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g. "Thanks. It can't be used with any inflected verb (a verb with tense).

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  • q=%22can%27t+be+bothered%22&l=0&t=0&ffo=false&findid=-1&ff= use the infinitive.
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AnonymousHi,should the phrase "can't be bothered" be used with present simple or with present continuous?E.g. "I can't be bothered taking a picture right now." or "I can't be bothered to take a picture right now."Thanks.
It can't be used with any inflected verb (a verb with tense).
It can be used with a non-finite verb (which does not have sense)

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AnonymousI can't be bothered to take a picture right now.
I recommend that you use this one. It's not the present simple (It's the infinitive), but it's the one you want.

CJ
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