Enjoy yourself/are you enjoying yourself?

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Rachel Adams

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Hello.

Should I use 'do you enjoy' or 'are you enjoying' in both situations?

Situation A

''Are you enjoying yourself /do you enjoy yourself or would you like to leave?
I am enjoying myself very much''.

Situation B

Two friends are having dinner:

'Are you enjoying your meal?' or 'do you enjoy your meal'?
 

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Use the present continuous in both of those.
 

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Does ''enjoy'' always require gerund?
 

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No. The examples you gave prove that.
Also for example:
I enjoyed the show/party/holiday/concert/dinner/book very much.
 
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But in what cases does it require an infinitive?
 

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The verb "enjoy" is not followed by an infinitive.
 

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Your question is wrong. This is not a question of gerund versus infinitive.

1) Are you enjoying yourself?

2) Do you enjoy yourself?

Sentence 1 is present continuous. (The word enjoying is not a gerund.)
Sentence 2 is present simple.

So your question should concern the general differences in use between these two tenses, and how these differences apply in these two questions.
 

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That's what I was trying to find out. For example, ''I enjoy visiting diffrent countries''. I enjoy to visit different countries -is wrong.
 

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That's what I was trying to find out. For example, ''I enjoy visiting different countries''. "I enjoy to visit different countries" is wrong.
You're right; it's wrong.
 

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That's what I was trying to find out. For example, ''I enjoy visiting diffrent countries''. I enjoy to visit different countries -is wrong.

No, it wasn't, Rachel. Read your own post #1 again.

You're confusing two completely different questions. Take some time to think about this.


You have a tendency to confuse unrelated questions. You did something similar in post #1 of this thread, and it ran to 37 replies. Please think more carefully about your questions before posting. Make sure that the title, examples, and questions, are all about the same thing.
 
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