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Timeline for "Using" or "by using"? [duplicate]

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Dec 26, 2017 at 4:03 comment added Константин Ван “All of them are grammatically correct. The prepositional phrase, by + gerund, emphasizes the technique or means. The present participial phrase modifies the subject, and has more emphasis on the activity.” - AlpheccaStars
May 10, 2013 at 21:17 review Reopen votes
May 11, 2013 at 8:35
May 10, 2013 at 20:58 comment added Andrew Leach I've voted to re-open this because the other question got side-tracked on other bits (specifically, commas and the value of HTML over CSS). This one is pure using/by using.
May 10, 2013 at 12:24 history closed MetaEd
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May 10, 2013 at 11:49 review Close votes
May 10, 2013 at 12:24
May 10, 2013 at 11:27 comment added Kris A generic question on the difference between <plain gerund> and by + <gerund> use could be asked on ELL.stackexchange.com -- that may prove useful to other learners there as well.
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May 10, 2013 at 12:13
May 10, 2013 at 10:22 answer added Andrew Leach timeline score: 5
May 10, 2013 at 10:15 history asked Raymond Manzor CC BY-SA 3.0