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'sleep/sleeping' and 'play/playing'

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tanguatlay
 
Reply Thu 28 Oct, 2010 06:35 am
He does nothing except sleep/sleeping and play/playing.

Which words in bold should I use? I think it should use the '-ing' verbs. Am I correct?

Thanks in advance.
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sozobe
 
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Reply Thu 28 Oct, 2010 06:40 am
@tanguatlay,
Nope. I'd say :"He does nothing but sleep and play."

"Except" would be OK too. ("He does nothing except sleep and play.")

Or,

"He spends all of his time sleeping and playing."
McTag
 
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Reply Thu 28 Oct, 2010 07:37 am
@sozobe,

Sleeping or playing, I'd say, in that last sentence.
sozobe
 
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Reply Thu 28 Oct, 2010 10:16 am
@McTag,
That would be a bit better, you're right. "And" carries a slight connotation that he's doing both at once.
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