2006-10-26 19:28:35 · 10 answers · asked by shabnam b 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
"I like to be a teacher" suggests the person is not a teacher by profession but enjoys the chances he or she has to teach. (This could include any opportunity such as teaching a child to tie his/her shoes, teaching a friend how to cook a favorite dish, etc.)
"I like being a teacher" can suggest the same thing, but it also suggests that this is something the speaker does on a regular basis. This is almost definitely his or her profession.
I like to be a dreamer.
I like being a dreamer.
I like to be a jerk.
I like being a jerk.
In the first sentence the speaker suggests that he/she is a jerk on occasion. In the second, the speaker suggests that he/she is a jerk all the time.
By the way, "I like to be a teacher" is not future tense. It is simple present. The conditional mood, "I would like to be a teacher" implies the future, but I like to be a teacher is in the present. It does not suggest a future desire to be a teacher at all. It suggests that the speaker currently likes to be a teacher.
2006-10-26 22:09:17 · answer #1 · answered by tianjingabi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is just a sense of the meaning I get from reading the sentences, but possibly in some whacked out alternate universe, I might be right, so here goes.....
---The first sentence (...to be a teacher.) conveys (to me) the meaning that you like to teach things to other people, whether it's teaching your 5-year-old to ride a bike, showing a kids on your Little League team how to turn a double play, or instructing that timid co-worker of yours how to cuss people out in Yiddish. You may pay the mortgage and feed the family by being an insurance agent, Wal-Mart clerk, or NASCAR driver, but you enjoy sharing your knowledge with others.
---The second sentence (...being a teacher.) gives me more of a sense that the "I" in the sentence is an actual teacher, someone who does their teaching in a more formal setting, like a science teacher at Shaler High School (it's located in suburban Pittsburgh), a swim instructor at the local YMCA, or the CCD teacher (that's Catholic religious education) down at Our Lady of Perpetual Motion Parish (stole that one from George Carlin).
Does that make any sense? I claim no authority on the subject, although I generally got A's and B's in English all through school (which was back during the Stone Age--I think I graduated with Barney Rubble.). I'm just going by the sense of meaning I get as I read each sentence. Hope that helps.
2006-10-27 02:58:09 · answer #2 · answered by Yinzer Power 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first sentence is grammatically incorrect, it should be written as " I would like to be a teacher " or " I'd like to be a teacher".
The second sentence is correct. The meaning of the second sentence is the person is stating that they enjoy instructing people and enhancing their learning
2006-10-27 02:51:04 · answer #3 · answered by just wondering 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like to be a teacher means the person wants to be a teacher in future. I like being a teacher means the person enjoys being a theacher on that time or moment.
2006-10-27 02:33:10 · answer #4 · answered by Katie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like to be a teacher - is a future tense sentence while
I like being a teacher - is a present or past tense sentence
2006-10-27 04:50:11 · answer #5 · answered by rajesh m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first on means, you are not a teacher, but one day would like to become one.
The second means, I am a teacher and I enjoy my job.
2006-10-27 02:36:03 · answer #6 · answered by 520 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like to be a teacher means that you want to be a teacher... the other one means that what you want being a teacher is accomplished........... that you like a teacher profession.
2006-10-27 02:48:46 · answer #7 · answered by cris lance 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it should read as i like being a teacher meaning you like being a teacher obviously or i would like to be a teacher meaning i am not a teacher yet but i aspire to be one
2006-10-27 02:36:37 · answer #8 · answered by cha cha pop 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first is grammatically incorrect. The second is better.
2006-10-27 05:53:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the first sentence is grammatically incorrect...
2006-10-27 02:37:39 · answer #10 · answered by Sordenhiemer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋