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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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to be or of?

"I am ashamed to be seen with him."
"I am ashamed of [being] seen with him."

Are they both okay?
  

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" Both are OK. Why did you put brackets around 'being'? CJ

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  • " Both are OK.
  • Why did you put brackets around 'being'?
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Anonymous"I am ashamed to be seen with him." "I am ashamed of being seen with him."
Both are OK.
Why did you put brackets around 'being'?
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Anonymous"I am ashamed to be seen with him.""I am ashamed of being seen with him."
The first suggests to me that you prefer not to be seen with him, the second that you regret that you were seen with him.
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