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negative form of gerund

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Natimati
 
Reply Thu 24 Oct, 2013 03:03 pm
Can somebody tell me wich one is correct???

I don't enjoy cooking or I enjoy not cooking
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Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Thu 24 Oct, 2013 03:14 pm
@Natimati,
Natimati wrote:

Can somebody tell me wich one is correct???

I don't enjoy cooking or I enjoy not cooking


Are you trying to say that you do not enjoy cooking...or are you trying to say that you enjoy not cooking?

It is possible, after all, to "enjoy not cooking"...and "enjoy cooking."

You can enjoy both.

I enjoy sitting and relaxing does not mean that you do not enjoy running and exerting.
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OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Thu 24 Oct, 2013 03:40 pm
@Natimati,
Natimati wrote:
Can somebody tell me wich one is correct???

I don't enjoy cooking or I enjoy not cooking
If someone dislikes cooking,
then he 'd probably say: "I don 't enjoy cooking."

If he hires a professional chef to do the work,
he can celebrate his personal liberation from this task
by saying: "I enjoy not cooking."





David
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PUNKEY
 
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Reply Thu 24 Oct, 2013 03:42 pm
I enjoy not cooking on Thursdays.

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Ragman
 
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Reply Thu 24 Oct, 2013 04:02 pm
@Natimati,
I enjoy not thinking (as a regular practice ...in general).

I enjoy not having to think (at the moment).
dalehileman
 
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Reply Thu 24 Oct, 2013 04:33 pm
@Natimati,
"I enjoy not cooking" many implications possible. Maybe you've had the choice of not knitting or not cooking; you elected the latter and found you now enjoy yourself more

My Better Half, who is much smarter than I agrees, suggesting even more likely that the second means you'd rather eat out
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OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Fri 25 Oct, 2013 01:31 am
@Ragman,
Ragman wrote:
I enjoy not thinking (as a regular practice ...in general).
That 's meditation.
McTag
 
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Reply Fri 25 Oct, 2013 03:34 am
@Natimati,

Quote:
Can somebody tell me wich one is correct???

I don't enjoy cooking or I enjoy not cooking


I don't enjoy cooking.

A useful phrase also could be something like: "I enjoy not having to cook on a Friday, because usually on Fridays we eat out at our favourite restaurant."
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Fri 25 Oct, 2013 10:21 am
@OmSigDAVID,
Ragman wrote:
I enjoy not thinking (as a regular practice ...in general).
Quote:
That 's meditation.
Indeed Rag, bringing our attention incidentally to the fact that when I was a kid "mediation" meant exactly the opposite, to think long and hard
contrex
 
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Reply Fri 25 Oct, 2013 01:15 pm
@dalehileman,
dalehileman wrote:
when I was a kid "mediation" meant exactly the opposite, to think long and hard


That's meditation, isn't it? Look "long and hard" at what you wrote...

dalehileman
 
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Reply Fri 25 Oct, 2013 01:20 pm
@contrex,
Alas thanks Con, yep it's misspelled
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OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Sat 26 Oct, 2013 08:55 am
@dalehileman,
dalehileman wrote:

Ragman wrote:
I enjoy not thinking (as a regular practice ...in general).
OmSigDAVID wrote:
That 's meditation.
Indeed Rag, bringing our attention incidentally to the fact that when I was a kid "mediation"
meant exactly the opposite, to think long and hard
I have been a rather successful mediator,
when I was in the practice of law.
It was my function (in those instances) to reduce litigation
from the court's docket by assisting the parties to reconcile
their differences in compromise. My technique was to privately
point out the deficiencies in the theory of liability or of defense
in their respective cases, and thus to convince the litigants of the wisdom of settling.
I got pretty decent results, but I was no longer a kid, when I was so engaged.





David
Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Sat 26 Oct, 2013 09:04 am
@OmSigDAVID,
OmSigDAVID wrote:

dalehileman wrote:

Ragman wrote:
I enjoy not thinking (as a regular practice ...in general).
OmSigDAVID wrote:
That 's meditation.
Indeed Rag, bringing our attention incidentally to the fact that when I was a kid "mediation"
meant exactly the opposite, to think long and hard
I have been a rather successful mediator,
when I was in the practice of law.
It was my function (in those instances) to reduce litigation
from the court's docket by assisting the parties to reconcile
their differences in compromise. My technique was to privately
point out the deficiencies in the theory of liability or of defense
in their respective cases, and thus to convince the litigants of the wisdom of settling.
I got pretty decent results, but I was no longer a kid, when I was so engaged.





David


Really good stuff here, David. Thanks.
OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Sat 26 Oct, 2013 09:11 am
@Frank Apisa,
U r 2 kind.





David
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