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gerund or infinitive
metcet20
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gerund or infinitive
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Hello everybody! Greetings from Kocaeli.
Is there a difference between two sentences?
a)She learnt to read when she was four.
b)She learnt reading when she was four.
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4 Jan 2013
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MoodyMoody
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As an American speaker, I would never use a gerund with learn. Anita is 100% correct. You can use a "pure" noun after learn, such as "My sister learned ballet when she was seven," but not a gerund. (We use learned in the USA, but I think British English still uses learnt.) |
4 Jan 2013
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