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Cbergamo Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Two gerunds one after another
1. I prohibit you from going on mistreating her.
2. I forbid you to go on mistreating her.
I am not sure if it's possible to put two gerunds one after another, as in sentence #1.
I think that sentence #2 is better and less formal, but I still have some doubts about it.
Which one do you think is correct?
2. I forbid you to go on mistreating her.
I am not sure if it's possible to put two gerunds one after another, as in sentence #1.
I think that sentence #2 is better and less formal, but I still have some doubts about it.
Which one do you think is correct?
Top answer
) 2 is okay. 1 is grammatically acceptable, but you might hear instead: I prohibit you from going on and mistreating her.
- ) 2 is okay.
- 1 is grammatically acceptable, but you might hear instead: I prohibit you from going on and mistreating her.
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(The following is US usage.)
2 is okay.
1 is grammatically acceptable, but you might hear instead:
I prohibit you from going on and mistreating her.
2 is okay.
1 is grammatically acceptable, but you might hear instead:
I prohibit you from going on and mistreating her.
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cbergamo1. I prohibit you from going on mistreating her.2. I forbid you to go on mistreating her.T second is OK. The first sounds most unnatural to this speaker of BrE.
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