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From: "Atlas" <Demf2002@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: grammar: "What you need to do is give me a kiss!"--Why not giving?!
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Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 14:12:55 -0400
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Thanks a lot. I got 963,000 pieces.
news:c8lesn$ptq$4@news-reader5.wanadoo.fr...
>
> Hgirc.82227$325.1795138@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > The same question:
> > Which one is right?
> > "the next step is check conditions of that car"
> > or
> > "the next step is checking conditions of that car"
>
> The second can exist if you were going through fault finding steps for
> instance but more commonly it would be 'the next step is TO check THE
> condition(s) of that
> car'. The stuff in brackets is because the context could change it. Say
you
> were buying a car and there was some sort of purchase deal, you could then
> say "...check the conditions [of sale] of that car". If you were talking
> about its mechanical state then you would use the singular for
'condition'.
>
> > I can google 69 pieces from the lower but only 22 from the upper.
> > What's the grammar difference between this case and the case I express
in
> > the previous mail?
>
> Try the two versions above, I bet you find a lot more.
>
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