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Allouie
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 Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:23 am Post subject: Can I put two gerunds together? |
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Is it OK to use gerunds consecutively?
For example,
-Keeping trying is vitally crucial to reach expertness.
-Never stopping working is essential to see things affirmatively.
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Anuradha Chepur
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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When using two infinitives together, one is preferably a to-inf and one an ing-inf. Your sentences sound better this way:
-To keep trying is vitally crucial to reach expertness.
-Never stopping to work/To never stop working is essential to see things affirmatively. |
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redset
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Anuradha Chepur wrote: |
-Never stopping to work/To never stop working is essential to see things affirmatively. |
I agree with 'to never stop working', but 'never stopping to work' means the opposite, right? I'm sure a lot of people would like never having to stop what they're doing because there's work to be done 
I think some double gerunds are ok in informal speech - like 'I'm never quitting smoking!' - but the 'to + infinitive' way usually works better. |
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Allouie
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| Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:15 am Post subject: |
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Anuradha & redset,
Thank you for your advice.
Allouie
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