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- 09-May-2011, 02:18 #1
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skiing field Please check out the following sentence.
I have always wanted to go skiing, so I go to the skiing field.
- 09-May-2011, 03:01 #2
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Teacher Re: skiing field I wouldn't use field- how about ski slopes? And I would change go.
- 09-May-2011, 05:00 #3
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: skiing field I have always wanted to go skiing, so I go to the ski slopes.
- 09-May-2011, 06:30 #4
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Teacher Re: skiing field Go- do you go regularly, will you go in the future or have you been? It sounds a bit strange in the simple present because if you go to the ski slopes, then your desire has been fulfilled.
- 09-May-2011, 09:24 #5
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: skiing field (1) I have always wanted to go skiing, so I will go to the skiing slopes.
(2) I have always wanted to go skiing, so I went to the skiing slopes.
- 09-May-2011, 11:16 #6
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Teacher Re: skiing field 
Originally Posted by Ashiuhto 
Got it! The verbs are fine, but the collocation is 'ski slopes'. 
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