Hello everyone. I just want to know what's the right verb (in gerund) ... is it practicing or maybe practising ? I know "practice" is a noun, but can I use...
Hi, Is there any significant difference between the following sentences? a. Has John been practicing singing for 30 minutes? b. Has John practiced singing for 30 minutes? I'd appreciate your help.
Practicing law/to practice law is the goal of most law students. In the OP sentence I think that only the noun "practice" may be used. "You need a lot of practice/lots of practice". "Lots of practicing" is used sometimes, but I would say that the two words are not interchangeable: It takes lots of practice/practicing to become expert at any sport.
He's one of a small but growing number of American veterinarians now practicing "holistic" medicine—combining traditional Western treatments with acupuncture, chiropractic and herbal medicine. I have a question regarding the "combining" clause. In my opinion, "holistic medicine" can actually be considered a proper noun.
How long has Lenna been practicing? How long has Lenna been singing? How long has Lenna been practicing singing (OK, but I don't like the inclusion of both "to practice" and "to sing." It seems redundant at best and implies that you are asking about habitual action at worst) Dialogue 1: Situation Set B 1.
If we're going to use "practice". then we should be specific about what we're practicing - we might, for example, practice skating or practice goal kicks (in soccer) - with the goal of becoming more proficient; we really wouldn't say "practice sport". "To practice a sport" is, as Gengo said, "not incorrect, but certainly unnatural".
Yes, you can say practicing. But it seems a little more natural to say doing, for some reason. If you say I've been practicing gymnastics for so long it sounds like perhaps you have been practicing but you haven't mastered it yet. Or, that you have been at the gym practicing for the last 5 hours, which is a long time to practice (in one day). I've been doing gymnastics for so longsounds very ...
a) don't practice / forget b) haven't been practicing / am forgetting c) wasn't practicing / was forgetting d) haven't practiced / forget e) didn't practice / forgot My choice was D but B is correct. I first thought of B, but I wasn't sure if "forgetting" is ever accepted in proper English. 1. What makes D a grammatically wrong answer? 2.
