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Would all of the sentences below be used? Is there any difference in meaning between (a) and (b) in each pair?
1 (a) It began to rain. (b) It began raining.
2 (a) He started to play the guitar. (b)He started playing the guitar.
3 (a) My son likes to play video games. (b) My son likes playing video games.
4 (a) I hate to eat carrot. (b) I hate eating carrot.
5 (a) I love to meet people. (b) I love meeting people.
6 (a) I can't bear to live in the city. (b) I can't bear living in the city.
Thanks in advance.
Hirashin
1 (a) It began to rain. (b) It began raining.
2 (a) He started to play the guitar. (b)He started playing the guitar.
3 (a) My son likes to play video games. (b) My son likes playing video games.
4 (a) I hate to eat carrot. (b) I hate eating carrot.
5 (a) I love to meet people. (b) I love meeting people.
6 (a) I can't bear to live in the city. (b) I can't bear living in the city.
Thanks in advance.
Hirashin