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hey_friends

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do setting on this computer.
doing setting on this computer

i wanna to ask that which sentence is more correct?
as my question is how do we know when we are going to use an original verb or a verb+ing?

like this:
teach me this question.
teaching me this question.

should we use teach or teaching?i am quite confusing on this kind of question.

i hope that you could give me an explanation.
 

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Are you telling someone to do it? If so, use do/teach, etc
 

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You wouldn't use them alone in the sentences. You could say 'I am doing/teching...'
 
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