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-ING verbs referring to the process of an action?

"Enjoy to" does not exist in English - of the three sentences that you proposed, the only one that is a valid English sentence is: "I enjoy playing the piano." In other words, "enjoy" does not work th …
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Which sentence is the best?

(1), (3) and (4) all sound good to me, though they have slightly different meanings. (2) is incorrect. (1) is asking for the amount of time needed to finish making dinner. The answer could be "a hal …
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Which of the following sentences are grammatically correct?

(I) - "I cooked dinner" is past tense.  Most commonly it means you just finished cooking dinner, and it is ready to eat.  You could also say "I've cooked dinner" to mean the same thing, but that's a b …
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