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Lemon Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
To give or giving?
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00 Here is the sentence: 02 br
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00 This point also means 01 b 00 giving 02 b 00 children the opportunity to say more in a court. 02 br
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00 At first i didn't know whether to write to give or giving. Giving was the correct one. My problem is that i never know if i have to write, like in this sentence, to.. or ..ing. They both sound correct to me. Can you please explain it to me when to use what. 0-
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00 Here is the sentence: 02 br
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00 This point also means 01 b 00 giving 02 b 00 children the opportunity to say more in a court. 02 br
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00 At first i didn't know whether to write to give or giving. Giving was the correct one. My problem is that i never know if i have to write, like in this sentence, to.. or ..ing. They both sound correct to me. Can you please explain it to me when to use what. 0-
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" then the choices are more unique, "ing" or "to" gerundive or infinitive 0-
- " then the choices are more unique, "ing" or "to" gerundive or infinitive 0-
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0 The use of the word 00 puts the sentence into a gerundive format, to my ear, whereas 02 br
00 if you were to say, "This point also 00 to give children the opportunity..." then the choices are more unique, "ing" or "to" gerundive or infinitive 0-
00 if you were to say, "This point also 00 to give children the opportunity..." then the choices are more unique, "ing" or "to" gerundive or infinitive 0-
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0 Oh it's the gerundive again ***. I just got recently a gerundive mistake and until that time i didn't even know what gerundive was in english or I just forgot.. Looks like i don't have a choice but to learn which words need gerundive ***.. 02 br
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00 thanks for your help 05 0 010id 1
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0 Listening to lectures on tape or cd would be a great way to learn which words tend to 02 br
00 work in which cases... I hate to endorse piracy, but there are many self-help 02 br
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00 work in which cases... I hate to endorse piracy, but there are many self-help 02 br
00 lectures on file in p2p file-sharing networks, which couldn't be put to better use (lol) 0-
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0 Google 'catenatives'. 02 br
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00 See 05 0 00 0250href http://www.geocities.com/endipatterson/Catenative.html
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00 See 05 0 00 0250href http://www.geocities.com/endipatterson/Catenative.html
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0 thx calif, the site is very helpful 05 0 02 br
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00 Have another question.. I found an example where it says - I forgot 01 b 00 doing 02 b 00 my homework. I would have written I forgot 01 b 00 to do 02 b 00 my homework. There are words where I automatically would write -ing without even knowing it's a gerund but this sentence really puzzled
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00 Have another question.. I found an example where it says - I forgot 01 b 00 doing 02 b 00 my homework. I would have written I forgot 01 b 00 to do 02 b 00 my homework. There are words where I automatically would write -ing without even knowing it's a gerund but this sentence really puzzled
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0 There just may be varieties of English in which "I forgot doing" is possible, but not in the variety that I speak. I, too, would say "forgot to do". 02 br
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00 Nevertheless, when "forget" means something like "abandon all hope of", it takes the -ing form. It is nearly required for it to take "can" or "may as well" in this context: 02 br
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00 Nevertheless, when "forget" means something like "abandon all hope of", it takes the -ing form. It is nearly required for it to take "can" or "may as well" in this context: 02 br
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0 Hello CJ 02 br
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00 I'm interested in CJ's comment about "forget doing". I have long thought "forget doing something" is to be used only in the sense "to lose unintentionally from one's memory that one did something in the past" and never thought it can be used in a sense "to intentionally remove from one's memory that one can/will do something in the future". I searched t
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00 I'm interested in CJ's comment about "forget doing". I have long thought "forget doing something" is to be used only in the sense "to lose unintentionally from one's memory that one did something in the past" and never thought it can be used in a sense "to intentionally remove from one's memory that one can/will do something in the future". I searched t
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0 Paco, 02 br
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00 First of all, I would say that the default position is shown in your Example [1]. 02 br
00 I have never studied this construction in great detail, but let me offer a guess for now. 02 br
00 I believe some sort of modal must be used with "forget" OR the imperative before the "give up hope" reading can be understood. Also, the negative d
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00 First of all, I would say that the default position is shown in your Example [1]. 02 br
00 I have never studied this construction in great detail, but let me offer a guess for now. 02 br
00 I believe some sort of modal must be used with "forget" OR the imperative before the "give up hope" reading can be understood. Also, the negative d
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