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Marrion
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 Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:22 pm Post subject: About "How about" |
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[1] How about stop talking in class?
[2] How about stopping talking in class?
Which one is correct? |
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myprofe
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Location: Madrid, Spain - Native Boston, USA
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:31 am Post subject: how about - stop to do and stop doing |
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#2 is correct.
We use "how about" to make a suggestion.
I suggest we go to the cinema.
I suggest going to the cinema.
How about going to the cinema.
What do you think about going to the cinema.
Stop to do / Stop doing
Stop to do means to interrupt one activity for another.
He stopped to smoke.
This means that he stopped what he was doing and smoked.
Stop doing means nothing more than that, to stop an activity.
He stopped smoking.
This means he didn't continue smoking at that moment or he will never smoke again.
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Marrion
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:38 pm Post subject: Thank you, very much. |
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Thank you for your kind answers!!
May you be in happiness!!!! |
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