Recherche parmi différents professeurs en Anglais…
farid sadeghi
Why we say "I am doing the shopping"?
Why we say "I am doing the shopping"? why not "I am doing shopping" like "I am going shopping"?
18 oct. 2018 08:50
Réponses · 5
5
"Shopping" is a noun here, not a verb. It's the name of a regular domestic task, meaning that you need to go and buy some household basics : bread, milk, toilet paper, and so on. Grammatically, it's the same as "doing the laundry" : do + the + name of chore.
This is different from "go shopping", which might also be a recreational or social activity, such as looking round fashion shops.
Note that the 'ing' form can have many grammatical functions:
I am shopping = present participle
I like shopping = gerund
I do the shopping = (verbal) noun
18 octobre 2018
Vous n'avez pas encore trouvé vos réponses ?
Écrivez vos questions et profitez de l'aide des locuteurs natifs !
farid sadeghi
Compétences linguistiques
Anglais, Persan (farsi)
Langue étudiée
Anglais
Articles qui pourraient te plaire

Same Word, Different Meaning: American, British, and South African English
18 j'aime · 16 Commentaires

How to Sound Confident in English (Even When You’re Nervous)
15 j'aime · 12 Commentaires

Marketing Vocabulary and Phrases for Business English Learners
13 j'aime · 6 Commentaires
Plus d'articles
