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Hello! Can we use 2 -ing forms together: "We have been practising using the gerund the whole day", "He was going on reading a book"? or We should use the infinitive of the 2nd verbs : "We have been practising to use the gerund the whole day", "He was going on to read a book"?
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grape pen Can we use 2 -ing forms together: "We have been practising using the gerund the whole day", "He was going on reading a book"? It is grammatically OK; it is often stylistically lousy. grape pen or We should use the infinitive of the 2nd verbs : "We have been practising to use the gerund the whole day", "He was going on to read a book"?
- grape pen Can we use 2 -ing forms together: "We have been practising using the gerund the whole day", "He was going on reading a book"?
- It is grammatically OK; it is often stylistically lousy.
- grape pen or We should use the infinitive of the 2nd verbs : "We have been practising to use the gerund the whole day", "He was going on to read a book"?
- You cannot automatically do that instead.
- Both of your examples are wrong grammar.
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grape penCan we use 2 -ing forms together: "We have been practising using the gerund the whole day", "He was going on reading a book"?
It is grammatically OK; it is often stylistically lousy.
grape pen or We should use the infinitive of the 2nd verbs : "We have been practising to use the gerund the whole day", "He was going on to
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