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- Clicca su VOTE.
- Cerca la versione giusta tra i miei commenti.
- Chiedi spiegazioni se resta qualche dubbio.
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m.grazia
26/10/2015 at 11:24
Buongiorno,
avevo votato ‘thinking to leave’. Vista la cortese offerta……perché non va bene?
Provando a rispondermi da sola, ho pensato alla frase ‘I’M THINKING OF YOU’ e mi sono detta che forse think vuole ‘OF’ dopo e che dopo ‘OF’ devo mettere un gerundio??
Chissà??
Grazie per le spiegazioni. Buona giornata!!
Tony Lawson
26/10/2015 at 11:57
Exactly. To think, in the sense of “contemplare, considerare”, is followed by either “of” or “about”, and since these are both prepositions, they must be followed by the gerund form in the case of a verb. 🙂
m.grazia
26/10/2015 at 12:25
Grazie infinite!!
Tony Lawson
26/10/2015 at 10:40
NON GUARDARE QUI SOTTO SE NON HAI ANCORA VOTATO!
La versione corretta è……….. (suspense)…………. :
Bob is thinking of leaving after lunch tomorrow.
(spiegazione su richiesta)
Mirella
26/10/2015 at 11:18
I think I was right in my reply…or not?
However, many thanks for your work about teaching us this interesting language!
Tony Lawson
26/10/2015 at 11:21
Hi Mirella. I can’t check individual answers but many people ahve made the mistake of choosing “is thinking to leave”. It’s the usdual probelm of mother tongue interference! Lol!
P.S. In your comment you should tak out “about”. It doesn’t work in that context. 🙂
Valentina Barbaria
25/10/2015 at 21:37
for me, the right one is “is thinking to leave” but, I often use the simple present to talk about actions in the future, as we do in Italian. So, it would be interesting to see if
I make a mistake all the time.
Tony Lawson
25/10/2015 at 21:42
Hi Valentina. “Think” here is not future but present (“leave” is future), and the present continuous is the right choice because “think” is being used as a dynamic verb in the sense of “contemplare”. This doesn’t necessarily mean that your choice is correct, though! 😉
Santo
25/10/2015 at 21:07
Is thinking of leaving
Tony Lawson
25/10/2015 at 21:12
Have you voted? I’ll publish the correct version tomorrow…(suspense! 😉 )
Santo
25/10/2015 at 21:46
Yes,I’ve !
Suspence
Tony Lawson
25/10/2015 at 21:56
Don’t use the contracted form in positive short answers: “Yes, I have.”
P.S. suspenSe 😉
Santo
26/10/2015 at 10:34
The result????
We’re waiting for you😱😉
Vincenzo
25/10/2015 at 10:49
Is Thinking to leave ?
Prof questo sarebbe il present continuos del futuro ?
Tony Lawson
25/10/2015 at 11:13
Non proprio in quanto il “pensare” è più un’azione presente (contemplare), semmai il “partire” sarà l’azione futura.