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I don't want you coming home so late.
Does that mean the same as I don't want you to come home so late?
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KeunChulLee I don't want you coming home so late. Does that mean the same as I don't want you to come home so late ? Yes, but the version with "coming" sounds a little more like "coming home late" is already a habit or may become a habit (in the mind of the speaker).
- KeunChulLee I don't want you coming home so late.
- Does that mean the same as I don't want you to come home so late ?
- Yes, but the version with "coming" sounds a little more like "coming home late" is already a habit or may become a habit (in the mind of the speaker).
- The other one sounds a little more like a requirement for only one particular occasion.
- CJ
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KeunChulLeeI don't want you coming home so late.
Does that mean the same as I don't want you to come home so late?
Yes, but the version with "coming" sounds a little more like "coming home late" is already a habit or may become a habit (in the mind of the speaker). The other one sounds a little more like a requi
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