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DirtyGame Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Why the verb 'distance' came without 'ing' ?
"Sarcasm helps distance us from things that make us feel."
Shouldn't it be something like "Sarcasm helps (in) distancing us from things that make us feel"?
Shouldn't it be something like "Sarcasm helps (in) distancing us from things that make us feel"?
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" It's perfectly fine, and a rather common way of expressing the sentiment. "Distance" is a verb, bare infinitive form.
- " It's perfectly fine, and a rather common way of expressing the sentiment.
- "Distance" is a verb, bare infinitive form.
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DirtyGame"Sarcasm helps distance us from things that make us feel."It's perfectly fine, and a rather common way of expressing the sentiment.
"Distance" is a verb, bare infinitive form.
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