Which is right/help

Which is right/help
Message from fred3617 posted on 30-08-2014 at 03:50:46 (D | E | F)
Hello,
Can you help me please?
Thank you for any reply.
I like study English.
I like studying English.
Which one is right,Why?

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Edited by lucile83 on 30-08-2014 09:22

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Re: Which is right/help from passenger75, posted on 30-08-2014 at 09:34:28 (D | E)
Hello,
I like studying is the right choice.
By the way,you can use both gerund-ing form- and infinitive-to+verb- after verb like.

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Re: Which is right/help from fred3617, posted on 30-08-2014 at 10:14:29 (D | E)
I understood it!
Thanks so much!

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Re: Which is right/help from vasanth, posted on 09-09-2014 at 12:18:15 (D | E)
Hello,
I like studying is the right choice since it is not a thing which is happening in present. It is a part of our life which we will do continuously.

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Edited by lucile83 on 09-09-2014 12:54

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Re: Which is right/help from here4u, posted on 10-09-2014 at 15:19:26 (D | E)
Hello !

Yes, 'like' is followed mainly by -ing : 'She likes swimming, but she doesn't like diving !'.
Yet, 'would like to ' is always followed by an infinitive. 'She would like to become a champion and trains regularly.'

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Re: Which is right/help from clint01, posted on 12-09-2014 at 06:20:38 (D | E)
Hello,
I like swimming means that you actually enjoy swimming.
But you can say: I like to go to the dentist twice a year. (It means that you think IT IS a WISE thing to do, you know nobody enjoys going to the dentist, do you?).
After the verbs that follow we usually use gerunds (ING form of the verb, making it a noun):
like, love, enjoy, adore, dislike, hate, abhor, mind, stand(meaning tolerate),etc.

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