30.3816, Qs: Some Questions about English Grammar

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-3816. Thu Oct 10 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.3816, Qs: Some Questions about English Grammar

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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 05:48:48
From: Shota Ishimura [shota.ishimura.2j at stu.hosei.ac.jp]
Subject: Some Questions about English Grammar

 
I am a HOSEI university student. Today I have some questions about English
grammar. 

1.I want to know how to use different between verbal nouns and infinitives.
Please read example sentences, and please teach me which sentence you use more
frequently or you use both with the same frequency. If any, please teach me
how you use those separately.

Q1. which sentence do you use?

 (a)To collect stamps is my hobby.
 (b)Collecting stamps is my hobby.

Q2. which sentence do you use?

 (a) My hobby is to collect stamps.
 (b) My hobby is collecting stamps.

Q3. which sentence do you use?

 (a) I like to collect stamps.
 (b) I like collecting stamps.

Thank you for reading and please excuse my poor English.
 

Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Language Family(ies): New English



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