{"id":95,"date":"2013-02-25T13:58:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monkeygrammar.org\/index.php\/2013\/02\/25\/gerund-or-infinitive-1\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T14:50:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T14:50:22","slug":"gerund-or-infinitive-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/gerund-or-infinitive-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerund or Infinitive (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Are there lots of gossip<\/span> around your office?  Does Mr. or Ms. Nosy<\/span> always talk about you? How can you get rid of him\/her?  <\/span><\/span>Well, I don\u2019t have answers to them.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\n<\/span><\/span>Yet, what I have is to discuss grammar <\/span>with you <\/span>regarding gossiping. <\/span><\/span>In other words, gossiping can help you learn <\/span>spoken<\/span>English.  <\/span>How?  <\/span>Read the following sentences:<\/span><\/div>\n

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a. I don\u2019t like speaking <\/span>behind Mr. Nosy\u2019s back.<\/span><\/span>
\nb. I don\u2019t like to speak<\/span>behind Mr. Nosy\u2019s back.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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The only difference<\/span> between the two sentences is the words in blue. <\/span><\/span>So the question is: ‘<\/span>SPEAKING’<\/span><\/span> or ‘<\/span>TO<\/span> SPEAK’.  <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n
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There are two things to talk about here.  First<\/span><\/b>, c<\/span><\/span>oncerning meaning, are they the same<\/span>?  <\/o:p><\/span><\/span>NO, they are <\/span>NOT <\/span>the same.  Second<\/span>, s<\/span>o <\/span>how different <\/span>are they?  <\/span>VERY<\/span> different. <\/span><\/div>\n

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\u2018<\/span>I don\u2019t like speaking<\/b><\/span> \u2026\u2019 is much more general<\/span>.  <\/span><\/span>What do I mean by \u2018general\u2019?  <\/span>Well, \u2018<\/span>I don\u2019t like speaking\u2026<\/span>\u2019 applies to everyone<\/span>. That is, your boss<\/span>, your senior and junior coworkers<\/span>, and including YOU<\/span> yourself.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Yet, \u2018<\/span>I don\u2019t like <\/b>to speak<\/b> <\/span>\u2026<\/span>\u2019 is much much much<\/span> less general that it is only about one<\/span> person.  <\/span><\/span>Who is that person?  You may make a guess.  <\/span>Three letters, not four.  <\/span>Which three?  <\/span>Y-O-U<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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So the <\/span>F<\/span>eel G<\/span>ood<\/span><\/span><\/b> tips are: <\/o:p><\/span><\/span>
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When<\/span> you say \u2018<\/span>I don\u2019t like to speak<\/span>behind Mr. Nosy\u2019s back\u2019, y<\/span><\/span>ou talk about how good<\/span> you are.  <\/span>It is only<\/span> about YOU<\/span>.<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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When<\/span> you say <\/span>\u2018<\/span>I don\u2019t like speaking<\/b><\/span> behind Mr. Nosy\u2019s back\u2019, <\/span><\/span>you refer to EVERYBODY<\/b><\/span> in your office, which includes<\/span> you.<\/span><\/span>
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(Which one is you<\/span>?<\/b>)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Picture sources<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gossipgirl\/1934554843\/sizes\/m\/in\/photostream\/<\/a><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/76029035@N02\/6829422155\/sizes\/m\/in\/photostream\/<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are there lots of gossip around your office?  Does Mr. or Ms. Nosy always talk about you? How can you get rid of him\/her?  Well, I don\u2019t have answers to them. Yet, what I have is to discuss grammar with you regarding gossiping. In other words, gossiping can help you learn spokenEnglish.  How?  Read the following […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/FreeGreatPicture.com-28730-interesting-material-of-commerce.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":774,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions\/774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}