Timeline for Catenatives followed by infinitives and gerunds
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| Jul 10, 2014 at 17:33 | history | edited | Robusto | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 10, 2014 at 17:21 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Nov 28, 2013 at 11:26 | history | edited | RegDwigнt |
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| Dec 26, 2011 at 22:09 | answer | added | RandomIdeaEnglish | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 7, 2011 at 2:18 | history | edited | user10893 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 12, 2011 at 22:19 | comment | added | psmears | @Robusto: Fair point - I should have added "...at least, you can but it means something completely different" :) (For anyone confused: it's possible to add to <verb> to any verb in order to indicate the purpose, just like in order to <verb>). | |
| May 12, 2011 at 19:28 | comment | added | Matt E. Эллен | Indeed, just like you could say I live to tango or I fight to survive | |
| May 12, 2011 at 18:54 | comment | added | Robusto | @psmears: Well, a teacher who thought of his profession solely as a way to finance his skiing hobby could certainly say "I teach to ski." | |
| May 12, 2011 at 17:51 | comment | added | psmears | Note that the teach case is slightly different. You can say both I like skiing and I like to ski, and you can say I teach skiing, but you can't say * I teach to ski. | |
| May 12, 2011 at 17:17 | answer | added | Kit Z. Fox♦ | timeline score: 10 | |
| May 12, 2011 at 16:49 | comment | added | user3286 | Related: “I like to do (be) something” vs “I like doing (being) something” | |
| May 12, 2011 at 16:41 | answer | added | rberaldo | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 12, 2011 at 16:30 | answer | added | Colin Fine | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 12, 2011 at 16:21 | history | asked | Jessie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |