Verona_82
Senior Member
- Joined
- Oct 15, 2010
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- Other
- Native Language
- Russian
- Home Country
- Russian Federation
- Current Location
- Ukraine
Hello,
I know British speakers use -ing with like/love/hate/prefer when they talk about a situation that already exists or existed. An example from Murphy's grammar:
Paul lives in Berlin. He likes living there (NOT He likes to live).
This 'rule' made me curious to find out two things.
1). Should I say "I love swimming at dawn" when I'm actually swimming at dawn and "I love swimming / love to swim at dawn" when I'm not in water?
2) Do American speakers draw any distinction between these two structures?
Thank you.
I know British speakers use -ing with like/love/hate/prefer when they talk about a situation that already exists or existed. An example from Murphy's grammar:
Paul lives in Berlin. He likes living there (NOT He likes to live).
This 'rule' made me curious to find out two things.
1). Should I say "I love swimming at dawn" when I'm actually swimming at dawn and "I love swimming / love to swim at dawn" when I'm not in water?
2) Do American speakers draw any distinction between these two structures?
Thank you.