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I've been seeing good movies or I've been watching good movies? [duplicate]
what would you rather say? Which one is correct?
Thanks,Herman.
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“All that is needing” vs. “all that is needed”
I've read the following quote from Game of Thrones:
Opening your eyes is all that is needing. The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true.
English is not my mother ...
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Noun phrase after “show”
The following sentences all involve the verb "show" followed by a noun phrase. Number 6 sounds a bit weird, and the last one is just wrong — but why is that?
The video shows the ...
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What is the present participle of “stop, drop, and roll”?
In a verb phrase, such as stop, drop, and roll, how do I conjugate this in the present participle? Stopping, dropping, and rolling? Stop, drop, and rolling?
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Which tense should I use in this situation? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Using the gerund two times in a row
Here is the sentence:
Just as on smoking, voices now come from many quarters (insisting
or insist) that the science about ...
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Is “X supposing to be” proper English?
The whole point that him pretending to be rich is to get a date.
The whole point of this supposing to be a big wall is to hold off the
barbarians.
The first one seems correct, the second ...
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Verb+ing as a verb beginning a sentence
Is this good English?
Falling into the ocean, the drop dies as a drop, but not as water.
Or should I say:
When it falls into the ocean, the drop dies...
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Why use 'being' in this sentence?
I came across this sentence in my programming book:
There are a number of differences that need to be explained though,
the most important one being that read or write accesses to the file
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“I am thinking to invest” or “I am thinking investing”?
Which of the following sentences is correct?
I am thinking to invest in stocks.
I am thinking investing into stocks.
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Why are the present and the past participles of “submit” spelled with double t?
Why are the present and the past participles of submit spelled with two t's?
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Gut-wrenching or -retching?
It was the most gut-retching thing I have ever heard.
Wrenching sounds like it would make sense, but so does retching.
