Leila9565 Posted 5 years ago
Vocabulary
To build a fire vs. building a fire
Hi everyone
Can you tell me what is the difference between "to build a fire" and "building a fire"? I mean the difference in their meaning...
thanks!
Top answer
It's not the meaning that's different. It's the grammar. We say I want to build a fire , but never I want building a fire because 'want' takes an infinitive.
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It's not the meaning that's different. It's the grammar.
We say
I want to build a fire,
but never I want building a fire
because 'want' takes an infinitive.
And we say
I enjoy building a fire,
but never I enjoy to build a fire
because 'enjoy' takes an -ing form.
So the grammatical context where you want to use it
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