Dec 17, 2015 · My ear doesn't like "ride a swing" very much probably because riding is too passive. But you're right, the duplication sounds bad to us too though it is not incorrect.

Apr 22, 2020 · Start just by listening for a while. Then pick a few phrases, and keep playing them back and saying them until you can get as close as possible. Then do a few more. Keep listening really …

I was taught that when we want to say "produce sound on a musical instrument", we should always use the definite article before the instrument ("play the guitar/piano/violin"). I did research on t...

Feb 2, 2018 · The cinema is playing the movie. Test movie is being played by the cinema. But more often you will find the sentence The movie is playing at the cinema. "Play" is used to describe both …

Tell me please if the following use of the word is correct and natural. Mike's biggest hobby is playing the guitar. What is meant by biggest is his most favourite hobby is playing the guitar. If...

Sep 28, 2020 · The second link which the OP provides says 'Do not use another verb with boxing, fencing or weight training', and recommends 'I box'. Personally, I don't know enough about these …

However, ‘yesterday’, is a specification of time. You can read up about present perfect tense here. It should either be “I played football yesterday”, “I was playing football yesterday”, or “I have played …

Jan 28, 2023 · He had been playing for two hours. In the absence of any mention of such a subsequent event, this use of a past perfect continuous construction would be at best unusual, and arguably …

Just One more thing, if i used the concept of parallelism like -"I prefer studying rather than playing". "I prefer to study rather than to play" in one of my essays ,regardless of the many other ways to convey …

Dec 27, 2014 · I like playing tennis on Tuesdays. Having taken into account the following, would you please throw a light on what is the difference between the sentences above? This question was …