Alc24 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
SPEAKING VS SPEAK
Which would you say?
1 I couldn't hear them speak/speaking.
TO vs SO
1 I'm not going to pay to go buy me food./for you to go buy me food./so you could buy me food.
Thank you
1 I couldn't hear them speak/speaking.
TO vs SO
1 I'm not going to pay to go buy me food./for you to go buy me food./so you could buy me food.
Thank you
Top answer
Below are my preferences. 1 I couldn't hear them speak/speaking. I couldn't hear them speaking.
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Below are my preferences.
1 I couldn't hear them speak/speaking. I couldn't hear them speaking. ("Speaking" covers a period of time. "Speak" suggests a single short instance.)
TO vs SO
1 I'm not going to pay to go buy me food./for you to go buy me food./so you could buy me food.
I'm not going to pay you to go buy me food. ("Pay" requires yo
1 I couldn't hear them speak/speaking. I couldn't hear them speaking. ("Speaking" covers a period of time. "Speak" suggests a single short instance.)
TO vs SO
1 I'm not going to pay to go buy me food./for you to go buy me food./so you could buy me food.
I'm not going to pay you to go buy me food. ("Pay" requires yo
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