to be Ving

[sitifan]

https://www.percypriest.org/3rd-grade-news-august-16/
1. Please be sure to be practicing math facts at home with your child. (quoted from the above link)

2. Please be sure to practice math facts at home with your child. (my own sentence)

What's the difference in meaning between the above two sentences?

 

[GoesStation]

Number two is natural. Number one isn't.

 

[Tdol]

In BrE, we practise maths facts- two differences in a single phrase.

 

[emsr2d2]

Do we really practise math/maths facts? I don't even know what that means. We just practise [doing] math/maths.

 

[jutfrank]

I find it hard to agree that using the continuous aspect here is not natural since it was used by a native speaker. There must have been a reason in his/her mind for it, which is that he/she wished to place focus on the action as progressive.

 

[sitifan]

It is very important to note that you be aware of the three strategies we will be implementing that are considered effective in mitigating the spread of the virus:
1. Wear a mask
2. Wash your hands
3. Watch your Distance (Minimum of 3 feet with a mask, six feet without a mask)

2019 National Blue Ribbon School

These strategies are an integral part of the GPS plan and we will focus on keeping our students safe to the greatest extent possible.

Please be sure to be practicing the use of a mask at home to help your child adjust to our school environment.
https://www.percypriest.org/3rd-grade-news-august-16/

Why use the progressive infinitive "to be Ving" in the red sentence?

https://www.perfectyourenglish.com/grammar/progressive-infinitives.htm

 

[sitifan]

https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/15759-progressive-infinitive-VS-ordinary-infinitive

Dear teachers,

What's the difference between the following sentences?

1. I am happy to be spending Christmas with you this year.
2. I am happy to spend Christmas with you this year.
3. We ought to be going.
4. We ought to go.

Thank you very much for your reply.

 

[Tarheel]

https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/15759-progressive-infinitive-VS-ordinary-infinitive

Dear teachers,

What's the difference between the following sentences?

1. I am happy to be spending Christmas with you this year.
2. I am happy to spend Christmas with you this year.
3. We ought to be going.
4. We ought to go.

There is often more than one way to say the same thing. I see one and two and three and four that way. (That's especially true with three and four.)

For the second one, "I would be happy to spend Christmas with you this year" seems more likely.