yuriya
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- Apr 23, 2010
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- Student or Learner
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- Korean
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- South Korea
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- South Korea
Hi, guys! I hope you are having a good time.
If not, why don't you grab a chair and join me in solving one of the mysteries of English grammar.
My grammar question today concerns the verb take, one of the jolly versatile magic words. I've always thought when take is used in the sense of need it usually takes the following structure:
It takes (someone) sometime to-infinitive
It takes (me) an hour to get there.
Pretty neat sentences they make, don't they? However, while I was listening to the radio today, I picked up this interesting line from a beautifully composed song, "Lucky" by Jason Mraz:
They don't know how long it takes waiting for a love like this.
Is it OK to use waiting instead of to wait in the above sentence? And if it is OK then how are they different in meaning? Thanks in advance!
If not, why don't you grab a chair and join me in solving one of the mysteries of English grammar.
My grammar question today concerns the verb take, one of the jolly versatile magic words. I've always thought when take is used in the sense of need it usually takes the following structure:
It takes (someone) sometime to-infinitive
It takes (me) an hour to get there.
Pretty neat sentences they make, don't they? However, while I was listening to the radio today, I picked up this interesting line from a beautifully composed song, "Lucky" by Jason Mraz:
They don't know how long it takes waiting for a love like this.
Is it OK to use waiting instead of to wait in the above sentence? And if it is OK then how are they different in meaning? Thanks in advance!