@Davey Jones,
Davey Jones wrote:
"Some of the things we did there were swimming, cycling and playing tennis."
This is fine as is, but if the sentence was:
"Some of the things we did there were visiting a museum, eating in a restaurant and taking photographs." Would it be Ok if the 'ing' was missed off the verb?
eg. "Some of the things we did there were visit a museum, eat in a restaurant and take photographs. Without the 'ing' sounds perfectly fine to me (I may be wrong here) and is how I would say the sentence, but I'm at a loss as to how to explain the difference to a friend. Any pointers/links/explanations would be greatly appreciated.
Regards D J.
visiting a museum, eating in a restaurant and taking photographs = OK
visit a museum, eat in a restaurant and take photographs = OK
They're called parallel constructions, and as long as you're consistent with the form within the sentence, you're fine. The form in the first set is the gerund (verbal) and in the second set naked infinitive. Just don't mix them together in the same list.
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