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Old 17-May-2004, 12:31
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1-I liked their singing of popular folk songs.

Does this mean:
a-I liked the fact that they sang popular folk songs
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b-I liked the way they sang popular folk songs.

(I know I have asked a similar question before, but as usual I have got myself confused.)
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It could mean both- if they were a classical choir, I might go for a, and if the were a folk group, b).
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