Timeline for What is the difference between "when" and "in doing"?
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| Jan 21, 2019 at 14:54 | history | edited | TimR | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 20, 2019 at 14:01 | comment | added | TimR | "See anything strange in ..." has nothing to do with the construction in the OP. | |
| Jan 20, 2019 at 13:54 | comment | added | Michael Login | Not exactly, but the meaning becomes ambiguous: ...strange in washing vs ...strange while washing. I don't see anything strange in going to a bar after work to have a beer. I don't see anything strange around going to a bar after work to have a beer. | |
| Jan 20, 2019 at 13:50 | comment | added | TimR | @Mv Log: It is not indispensable there at all. That pattern is very common in colloquial speech. I don't see anything strange, a guy going to a bar after work to have a beer. | |
| Jan 20, 2019 at 13:46 | comment | added | Michael Login | I'd say it's the main verb of a sentence which governs the use of in — e.g. it is indispensable in I don't see anything strange in washing dishes at 4 a.m. | |
| Jan 20, 2019 at 13:28 | comment | added | TimR | I don't think there's zero loss of meaning. It might approach zero, but doesn't get there. He put out the fire pissing on it. | |
| Jan 20, 2019 at 13:14 | comment | added | Michael Login | A question arises whether in might be dropped altogether with no loss for the meaning: Submitting your application early you may improve...Calling him a liar publicly....Wear goggles working with caustic....Take care mixing these volatile....Take care crossing the busy....? "Take care in mixing" vs "take care mixing" = 97:14300 in Google. | |
| Jan 20, 2019 at 12:54 | history | edited | TimR | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 20, 2019 at 12:42 | history | answered | TimR | CC BY-SA 4.0 |