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Wangqh2696122 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Watching or to watch?

I was often a little tired after a day’s work and _____TV demands very little effort.

A. watching B. to watch
  

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Do you think it is A or B ?

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Do you think it is A or B?
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I feel both are correct. Do you share my opinion?
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No. "Watching" is correct.
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Why is "to watch" wrong?

I base conclusion on:

To see is to believe. = Seeing is believing.
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Grammatically, it probably isn't technically wrong. But in everyday conversation, the infinitive is rarely used as a subject while the gerund is common.

The infinitive used with the copula sounds a bit Shakespearian:

To watch TV is to waste your time and fry your brain cells.
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before/after+verb-ing... so the answer is "watching"
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