Stop+v-ing vs stopped+v-ing

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"As soon as jake officially stopped smoking" vs "As soon as jake officially stop smoking"

From what i found online:

-> Stopped + v-ing = to finish doing something that you do regularly or habit (is that correct?)

-> Stop + v-ing = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ missing exact meaning here, any ideas?

Google wasn't that useful to find the latter because "stop" is too common, but knowing English-language there will be a subtle difference between the two, so if any of you can walk us through this one it would be grandly appreciated.

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@jakesakic,

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"As soon as jake officially stopped smoking" vs "As soon as jake officially stops smoking"

You forgot a very important 's', which I have included in bold/large size, above.

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From what i found online:

-> Stopped + v-ing = to finish doing something that you do regularly or habit (is that correct?)

-> Stop + v-ing = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ missing exact meaning here, any ideas?

Jake, do you perhaps mean the difference between,

'stopped doing sth' versus 'stopped to do sth'?

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@jakesakic,

jakesakic wrote:

-> Stop + v-ing = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ missing exact meaning here, any ideas?
Thanks

"Stop smoking" is an imperative. It doesn't work in your sentence.

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@InfraBlue,

I'm pretty sure the,

->

means that something precedes, Infra.

In the original,

As soon as jake ...

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@JTT,

Exactly, that's why it wouldn't work in his sentence.

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@InfraBlue,

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Exactly, that's why it wouldn't work in his sentence.

But given that there is something before, it can't be an imperative.

As soon as jake officially stop smoking"

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@jakesakic,

jakesakic wrote:

"As soon as jake officially stopped smoking" vs "As soon as jake officially stop smoking"

From what i found online:

-> Stopped + v-ing = to finish doing something that you do regularly or habit (is that correct?)

-> Stop + v-ing = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ missing exact meaning here, any ideas?

Google wasn't that useful to find the latter because "stop" is too common, but knowing English-language there will be a subtle difference between the two, so if any of you can walk us through this one it would be grandly appreciated.
Thanks

You haven't returned to check out the responses but from what I'm gathering, you want to know the difference between the two phrases, correct?

Okay... As soon as Jake stopped smoking - yes, you are correct. He stopped doing something that was habitual.

As soon as Jake stops smoking - he might gain weight, he will smell better, he will be healthier, etc. As soon as I stop reading, we can go out for lunch.

Is that what you wanted to know?

If you were to say STOP SMOKING, that would be an order.

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