xpert
Senior Member
- Joined
- Feb 13, 2006
- Member Type
- Academic
- Native Language
- Arabic
- Home Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Current Location
- Malaysia
Hello everyone!
I usually spend plenty of time in reading English grammar books. I am used to writing sentences which are mysterious-tricky in meaning. I have never come across a grammar book which contains all pairs of sentences that look somewhat similar in structure but different in meaning. In this thread, I would to write -with the help of you, of course- a complete list of such sentences. Here you are some:
(1)
a. He cannot stop smoking now. (cannot give up the habit of smoking)[FONT="]
b. He cannot stop to smoke now. (cannot stop in order to smoke)
(2)
a. I have done my homework. (by myself)
b. I have my homework done. (done by someone else)
(3)
a. We'll go to play in the evening. (play a game)
b. We'll go the play in the evening. (go to theater)
I am looking forward to reading your contributions
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I usually spend plenty of time in reading English grammar books. I am used to writing sentences which are mysterious-tricky in meaning. I have never come across a grammar book which contains all pairs of sentences that look somewhat similar in structure but different in meaning. In this thread, I would to write -with the help of you, of course- a complete list of such sentences. Here you are some:
(1)
a. He cannot stop smoking now. (cannot give up the habit of smoking)[FONT="]
b. He cannot stop to smoke now. (cannot stop in order to smoke)
(2)
a. I have done my homework. (by myself)
b. I have my homework done. (done by someone else)
(3)
a. We'll go to play in the evening. (play a game)
b. We'll go the play in the evening. (go to theater)
I am looking forward to reading your contributions
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