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Go, play, or do a sport? - WordReference Forums He likes to golf He likes to go golfing He likes to play golf He is a golfer He likes to play baseball He is a baseball player He likes to play football He is a football player NOT "he is a footballer" in the United States, but YES "he is a footballer" in British English However, American football and British football are two different
play the piano play piano | WordReference Forums "I play piano, how about you?" "Oh, I play violin" "I play the piano every afternoon" "I heard that you have two musical instruments a piano and a violin, which do you prefer?" "I prefer the piano" "the piano" is a concrete object "to play piano" is more abstract and refers more to the concept or discipline But both of your examples were OK
play toys VS play with toys | WordReference Forums We play with bats balls dolls teddy bears building blocks fidget spinners spinning tops But we fly model aircraft, and throw Frisbees and there are probably a few more specific verbs we use with specific sports pastimes
articles - play the guitar vs play guitar - English Language Learners . . . These are therefore equally viable expressions of the fact that you can play that kind of musical instrument: I play the guitar I play guitar Another use of the prototypical meaning is when a musical group, a band, typically includes a guitar In this meaning the sense borders on that of a role He played guitar for that band at Woodstock
like doing vs. like to do [duplicate] - English Language Learners . . . I like to play tennis on Tuesdays I like playing tennis on Tuesdays Having taken into account the following, would you please throw a light on what is the difference between the sentences above? This question was inspired by a comment left on a similar question I asked here, where a user said:
grammaticality - Is it did you used to or did you use to? - English . . . "What games or activities did you use to play during recess or after school?" "I used to play hopscotch " I didn't use to jump rope " "Did you use to play tag? Maybe you used to play marbles " "Used to" is a past habitual marker [1, 2] When speaking of a past habit or recurring activity an American says "used to" or "didn't use to" but not
Play or playing – which one is correct and why? Both "play" and "playing" is correct here People often see him (who is) playing basketball on the playground at the weekend People often see him (who) play basketball on the playground at the weekend So essentially both carry the same meaning –
continue doing VS continue to do - WordReference Forums After a ten-minute break, the students went on to play basket ball - The next thing they did was to play basketball (And Paul, your sentence "He arrived in Watford and went on to London" doesn't seem to be comparable, since we don't have an infinitive there ) After a ten-minute break, the students went on playing basket ball
play the ref - WordReference Forums Mr Trump acknowledged the court’s decision to hear the case at a rally Friday in Sioux Center, Iowa, saying he hoped the justices would fairly interpret the law “All I want is fair; I fought really hard to get three very, very good people in,” he said, referring to his appointees He added
play erhu or play the erhu - WordReference Forums Therefore, we should say play the violin, play the clarinet and also play the erhu, play the pipa, play the guzheng UWNN (post 2) refers to the omission of the article This generally happens when when we are talking about a group, a band or an orchestra and we want to refer to somebody's role in the group