euromike
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Hi, so Hillary Clinton tweeted
I'm not a native speaker and as such I often make mistakes. TO DO vs. DOING is something that I often find confusing. In the above example, especially if it was the past tense, I would have written "It was fun watching ..." Would that be correct? Does it depend on the tense (is/was) used?
Another, similar question: can I write/say "My preference would be not having to take indirect flights" ? Or is only "My preference would be to not have to take indirect flights" correct ? And while we're at this one, would "I'd prefer to not have to take indirect flights" sound much more natural, or are the examples starting with "my preference" also correct?
thanks
It’s so much more fun to watch FOX when it’s someone else being blitzed & sacked!
I'm not a native speaker and as such I often make mistakes. TO DO vs. DOING is something that I often find confusing. In the above example, especially if it was the past tense, I would have written "It was fun watching ..." Would that be correct? Does it depend on the tense (is/was) used?
Another, similar question: can I write/say "My preference would be not having to take indirect flights" ? Or is only "My preference would be to not have to take indirect flights" correct ? And while we're at this one, would "I'd prefer to not have to take indirect flights" sound much more natural, or are the examples starting with "my preference" also correct?
thanks
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