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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Verbs???

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00please help, i learn grammer, i ask you for help with sport verbs. 02br
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00I play football02br
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00I play tennis02br
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00I play billiard02br
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00I play basketball02br
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00I it is subject, play it is verb? football and tennis and billiards and basketball is object? so i ask what is 02br
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00I verb? karate 02br
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00I verb? boxing 02br
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00I verb? swimming 02br
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00what is the verb for these and if you may explain why and can i say i play karate, i play boxing, i play swimming02br
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0 "swimming" and "boxing" are present participles of verbs used as nouns. 0-

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0 "swimming" and "boxing" are present participles of verbs used as nouns. You would say "I swim" and "I box".02br
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00Karate is a Martial Art, and "I practice karate" would be an accepted sentence.0-
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0You can also "do" some actitivies like that.02br
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00I do karate. I do needlepoint.0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10You can also "do" some actitivies like that.12br
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10I do karate. I do needlepoint.12br
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10But I can't say "I do swimming", can I? I'd rather say "I go swimming".0-
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11cite20Grammar Geek22cite20You can also "do" some actitivies like that.22br
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20I do karate. I do needlepoint.22br
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20But I can't say "I do swimming", can I? I'd rather say "I go swimming".12br
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0 Yes, I understand that there's a difference between "I swim" and "I go swimming" / "I go for a swim" but both are correct, aren't they?02br
00The person who created this topic asked what verb we use between "I" and a sport.0-
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0You don't always have to have another verb - sometimes the activity itself can be the verb. 02br
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00I play baseball - you cannot use the sport as the verb here. That is, "I baseball" is not okay.02br
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00The same with karate - you can't say "I karate" but you can say "I do karate" (or "I practice karate" as was suggested above.)02br
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0 So is "I go swimming" incorrect?0-
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0That's okay too. But it's not necessary.02br
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00Every Saturday morning, I go swimming. or Every Saturday monring, I swim for about an hour to stay in shape.02br
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00What are you doing this afternoon? The girls and I are going swimming. (or ... are going to swim.)0-
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When referring to any martial art (karate, judo, kung fu, etc) which is normally done in groups, you have to use the verb 'do' with it....I can do karate/ I do karate.
Games that are regular nouns that you play as competitive sports (basketball, badminton, etc) can be used with play (play basketball)
Sports that are nouns and can end with are used with 'go' (go swimming, go skiing, etc.)
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