Timeline for "Stopped talking" and "stopped to talk"
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| Sep 23, 2020 at 14:58 | history | edited | Eddie Kal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 4, 2017 at 14:20 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglishLL/status/849265324553850880 | ||
| Apr 4, 2017 at 11:54 | history | reopened | ColleenV | ||
| Apr 4, 2017 at 2:51 | comment | added | Manngo | @Andrew Technically, you could argue that it means “He talked to him then”, as opposed to another time. That could explain why Ali stopped. | |
| Apr 4, 2017 at 2:33 | history | closed |
FumbleFingers Glorfindel♦ JavaLatte Nathan Tuggy shin |
Duplicate of Stop+ Ving and Stop+ to+infinitive? [duplicate] | |
| Apr 4, 2017 at 1:26 | comment | added | Manngo |
The other problem is who is him, if you’ll pardon the bad grammar. If him is the friend, then to talk would be appropriate, implying that Ali was on his way somewhere else. if him is somebody else, say, a customer, then talking is appropriate, implying that Ali started to address somebody new.
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| Apr 3, 2017 at 18:11 | comment | added | Andrew | No one seems to have pointed out that "He talked to him then" is not very good English. I'm not sure where this test came from but it was probably not a native speaker. | |
| Apr 3, 2017 at 15:45 | comment | added | David Schwartz | Someone cannot stop talking to someone and talk to them at the same time. (Though, I suppose, you could argue that one cannot prepare to talk to someone and talk to them at the same time.) | |
| Apr 3, 2017 at 14:45 | history | edited | ColleenV | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 3, 2017 at 14:44 | history | edited | Araucaria - Not here any more. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 3, 2017 at 14:43 | history | edited | ColleenV | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 3, 2017 at 14:06 | comment | added | Araucaria - Not here any more. | @FahdSalah Hi Fahd. Welcome to ELL! Please only post one question at a time (otherwise it gets very complicated). Could you ask the new, second part of your question in a different question, please? I have edited this question for you! :-) | |
| Apr 3, 2017 at 14:04 | history | edited | Araucaria - Not here any more. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 3, 2017 at 13:34 | answer | added | Araucaria - Not here any more. | timeline score: 26 | |
| Apr 3, 2017 at 13:22 | answer | added | Stephen S | timeline score: 7 | |
| Apr 3, 2017 at 13:19 | history | edited | Fahd Salah | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 3, 2017 at 13:11 | history | edited | Araucaria - Not here any more. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 3, 2017 at 13:00 | comment | added | TimR | Both are acceptable answers but mean very different things in this context. Stopped to talk = stopped, in order to talk; stopped talking = no longer talks with his friend, they have had a falling out. However, the second sentence seems to suggest that they were talking, so it is "to talk". If it said "and they had a good chat" it would be clearer. | |
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| Apr 3, 2017 at 12:59 | history | asked | Fahd Salah | CC BY-SA 3.0 |