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jays
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 Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:12 am Post subject: expect someone doing? |
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Are the underlined "being" and "helping" of the following sentence correct?
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Of course, problems can develop in the two-income family if the husband expects his working wife being the perfect homemaker that his stay-at-home mother was. Also, there may be arguments if the wife expects her husband helping with household chores, but he is unwilling to do so. |
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Mary W. Ng
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| Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:16 am Post subject: Re: expect someone doing? |
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Expect is one of those verbs that are followed by a direct object plus a to-infinitive. The underlined portions should read to be and to help.
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