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à I need some corrections in these sentences. The first two ones are from a grammar book but the book gave the simple gerund as an answer and I think that without context my option could be right: He denied having been driving (driving) so fast. He denied having broken (breaking) into the...

Believer wrote: Hi, I don't know about you but I find the underlined noun interesting in that it has an English article in front of it. I think it is correct. How do I gain knowledge of this kind of word? I think most of the nouns that have a similar appearance (ie, "action word + ing"...

I wonder what is the difference between Like+ to infinitive and Like +gerund Anyone could help?

Takchi_l wrote:Please explain me the grammatical rule!! 1. The president's speaking remarks always come across much more powerfully than his published reports. ricky: The president's speaking remarks always come across much more powerful than his published reports. Wrong - "powerfully" is...

I'll let Clive answer for himself, but in the meantime let me try to show the difference between stop and quit. If you stop to do something, stop has the semantic value stop whatever you are doing in order to .... quit does not have the same semantic value, although it is extremely close....

Yankee wrote:Thank you for pointing out my typo, Goodman. Doll made a valid point which I simply tried to follow up on. You have now commented on using the preposition 'about' after 'forget'. However, my comments were a response to a specific post and therefore limited to discussing the use...

Thank you for pointing out my typo, Goodman. My point was that you seem determined to say that the difference does not exist. That is a fallacy. Doll made a valid point which I simply tried to follow up on. You have now commented on using the preposition 'about' after 'forget'. However, my...

Yankee wrote: Jackson6612 wrote: Question 2: Both Philip and Yankee said: I am used to playing cricket in my spare time. I was told that after to simple Present Tense form is used but playing is not simple Present Tense form of play. What would you say on this? Most of the time you will...

1. Here is a sentence from the key "But I hope you know what you're doing" I'm wondering... Can we say "I'm hoping" or rather not? and is it totally incorrect or in other contexts it would be ok? Grammatically it's okay, but "I hope" sounds more natural to me at the moment. 2. Just tell me if I'm...

Hi folks! I know that I have A LOT OF questions... but I hope someone can at least take a look at them... let's start. I've got some dobuts about the following : (all examples come from Michael Vince's 'Advanced Language Practice') 1. Here is a sentence from the key "But I hope you know...