How about this?
#1 It's very kind of you to help me with my work.
#2 It's very kind of you helping me with my work.
2006-08-17 17:51:14 · 9 answers · asked by Black Dog 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
both correct
2006-08-17 17:56:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hi Blag Dog,
"I like skiing" - I like skiing very much and can hardly wait for winter so I can watch the best skiers on TV.
"I like to ski" - Skiing is my favorite sport, and can hardly wair for winter so I can hit the slopes and ski until I'm exhausted.
#1 Is correct
#2 Should read: It's very kind of you FOR helping me with my work.
Hope this helps understand these nuances.
Makes a difference, doesn't it?
Stay well.
2006-08-18 05:11:23 · answer #2 · answered by vim 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Skiing is a gerund (noun) in this example, so they mean the same thing. The first one can be stretched to mean that you like to watch skiing and not actually do it, but that is not the typical meaning. Normally you would specify that you liked watching it and not doing it.
The second one is just bad grammar. You cannot replace an infinitive with a gerund anytime you feel like it - "I enjoy skiing" and "I enjoy to ski" is a perfect example. It has to fit the context of the sentence.
2006-08-18 03:55:32 · answer #3 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Grammatically speaking it's a matter of passive or active. The ones with "XYZ to ABC" are passive, generally less interesting to read, while the others are active, while tend to make for better reading. Also you could say "I like skiing" in reference to your like for the activity without actually partaking of it. "What's your favorite Olympic sport?" "I like skiing." Sure it's a bit awkward there, but it's the point.
2006-08-18 00:59:38 · answer #4 · answered by HowlinKyote 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you want to avoid a lack of clarity, just use "I like to ski." "Skiing," although used as a verb, can easily be mistaken for a noun.
2006-08-24 18:47:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say i like skiing means you like skiing in general as a sport, as in liking basketball, despite perhaps not having ever done it, and the second meaning that you like the actual doing of it
can't really think of a difference in the second example
2006-08-18 01:40:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
"I like skiing" implies the whole gestalt of the sport; cold weather, physical activity, riding the lifts, drinking cider in the lodge. "I like to ski" means you like to put pieces of wood and fiberglass on your feet and go very fast down steep slippery hills with sharp sticks in your mitts.
2006-08-23 04:18:52 · answer #7 · answered by soxrcat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Skiing question:
I like skiing could mean you like to ski or you like to watch skiing events.
The helping question:
#2 is bad grammar.
2006-08-18 01:00:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
They're both fine, but they might sometimes imply slightly different meanings.
2006-08-23 15:03:32 · answer #9 · answered by MICHAEL H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋