Leslie
Grammatical, why isn't there an ing on "We can swim" versus "We can enjoy swimming" ? Question a friend asked and I'm stuck.
30. Okt. 2019 15:26
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you can only put ONE verb after "can". I sentence 1, the thing that you "can" do is "swim". In sentence 2 the thing you "can" do is "enjoy". What do you enjoy? You don't enjoy cake or relaxation: you enjoy "swimming". The verb "enjoy" is designed to have a noun like "cake" after it. If you want to put a verb after it, you need to add -ing to turn it into a "gerund", which is a verb that is acting like a noun.
30. Oktober 2019
The modals are not used in continuous form...Ok
30. Oktober 2019
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