If you wish.Can I say "I dropped going to the gym" for "I gave up going to the gym"?
If you wish.
Can I say "drop+gerund" as "Can we drop this subject?"
What is the underlined word then?There's no gerund there.
There's no gerund there.
Of course there isn't. I meant drop doing something without "to".
Not really. You normally drop only things that are in some way optional. Most of us have to go to work. We can be prevented from going, by illness, for example, but that is not really our free choice."Since I have a pain in my shoulder, I'm going to drop working out for a week." Is it OK to use "drop" in this context?
Not really. You normally drop only things that are in some way optional. Most of us have to go to work. We can be prevented from going, by illness, for example, but that is not really our free choice.
In my answer in post #9 I was writing about 'working' rather than the 'working out' in your question. Sorry."Since I'm swamped with work at the moment and don't have a lot of free time, I'm going to drop working out for a week." Wouldn't it be optional now?