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Hafsa Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Verb + ing

0Some verbs are followed by -ing, like finished cleaning, avoid answering, etc. If we are talking about finished actions, we can say having done, like finished having cleaned.02br
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00My question is that it doesn't seems correct to me in some sentences like:02br
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01font00"He tried to avoid answering my question"02font02br
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01font00"He tried to avoid having answered my question"02font02br
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01font00"She denied that she had stolen the money"02font02br
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01font00"Ian suggested the we went to the cinema"02font02br
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00Why we say had stolen in the first sentence and went in the second one, why we didn't say she denied that she stole the money0-
  

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0 01table 01tr 01td 02td 02tr 01tr 01td 02br 02br 02td 02tr 02table 01blockquote 01blockquote 11cite 20Hafsa22cite 22br 20Some verbs are followed by -ing, like finished cleaning, avoid answering, etc. 22br 22br 20My question is that it doesn't seems correct to me in some sentences like:22br 22br 21font 20"He tried to avoid answering my question"22font 22br 22br 20Is it correct to say:22br 22br 21font 20"He tried to avoid having answered my question" 22font 21font 20I don't think so... 22font 22br 22br 21font 20In the second one, when you suggest something, that something still isn't done.

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  • 0 01table 01tr 01td 02td 02tr 01tr 01td 02br 02br 02td 02tr 02table 01blockquote 01blockquote 11cite 20Hafsa22cite 22br 20Some verbs are followed by -ing, like finished cleaning, avoid answering, etc.
  • 22br 22br 20My question is that it doesn't seems correct to me in some sentences like:22br 22br 21font 20"He tried to avoid answering my question"22font 22br 22br 20Is it correct to say:22br 22br 21font 20"He tried to avoid having answered my question" 22font 21font 20I don't think so...
  • 22font 22br 22br 21font 20In the second one, when you suggest something, that something still isn't done.
  • 22font 22br 22br 22blockquote 22blockquote 10 0-
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0Thank you 00Pieanne, but my first question was about the rule I read it in a grammar book, so when I can use this rule and when I can't?01b00 02b0-
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0 That rule doesn't quite make sense to me the way you state it. Can you copy out exactly what it says in grammar book please? 0-
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0The book is English Grammar In Use by Raymond Murphy, a famous book I think, anyway, unit 52 about Verb+ ing, talking about some verbs that are followd by ing, and in section D it is written:"When you are talking about finished action you can say 01b00having done/stolen/said02b00 etc.: 01font00she addmitted having stolen the money.02font
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0I see what you mean now. No, it doesn't seem to work the way you phrased it but you could say 'He tried to avoid having to answer my question'. or 'He admitted having avoided answering the question'. It seems that the 'actively trying to not do something' positive/negative combination is confusing the issue here. Sorry, I can't come up with a rule for you on this. Maybe it just doesn't work wit
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0Thanks nona, I think I'll stick to the simple (Verb + ing) rule, without having050010id1
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