Timeline for Is it natural to say "You hate doing as I tell you"?
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| Feb 26 at 2:14 | comment | added | Tom | And this is also from a chatbot: On the other hand, "I did what you told me" suggests that you carried out the general or overall task or command given by the person. It implies that you completed the task or followed the command, but it doesn't necessarily imply that you followed the instructions in a strict or precise manner. The emphasis here is on the completion of the task rather than the exact details of how it was done. | |
| Feb 26 at 2:13 | comment | added | Tom | This is from a chatbot: "I did as you told me" implies that you followed the instructions or guidance given by the person you are addressing. It suggests that you followed their specific directions or requests without deviation. The emphasis here is on the act of following the instructions exactly as they were given. | |
| Feb 25 at 16:05 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | There is no difference inasmuch as "you hate doing" follows the same pattern as the one cited by you, e.g. You hate cooking. The difference is in the usage of "as I tell you", you need instead the pronoun what if it's to be grammatical. You hate doing what (the things) I tell you to do | |
| Feb 25 at 15:54 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | Your now-deleted comment asked what was the difference in meaning between "Do as I say" and "I hate doing as you tell” . I edited and explained the difference in meaning. You deleted the comment. Now you have changed the question, which I saw exactly 10 minutes ago. NOW you want to say why you can't say "You hate doing as I tell you" That's a different question. I spent time composing an answer to an older question, I did the research, I looked for references and supporting evidence. Now, you're asking me to scrap all of that out and start afresh? | |
| Feb 25 at 15:50 | comment | added | Tom | You tried hard not to answer my question. Also, I updated my question already. But you can not answer why "Do as I tell you" sound ok but "You hate doing as I tell you" does not. But why both "cook dinner" and "you hate cooking dinner" are ok. You just don't know do you? | |
| Feb 25 at 15:44 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | The mistake was there though, repeatedly, and it's not unusual for non-native speakers to leave out the object after "tell". It's a common error in writing. My first comment included "tell" with the pronoun but it's only when I posted the answer that you realised the question title and the example were ungrammatical. Look at when people said it was not natural–you even quoted their answers, and they all included the object pronoun. So... from my experience and what you wrote I wasn't digging into anything. I was blunt and truthful when I said "You hate doing as I tell" is ungrammatical. | |
| Feb 25 at 15:05 | comment | added | Tom | Alos, try not to dig into my mistake of "say" and "tell". I got a mixed up, that's all. That is not worth talking about. Instead, try to focus on the key part of the question: why "Do as I tell you" is correct but "You hate doing as I tell you" is not correct | |
| Feb 25 at 14:53 | comment | added | Tom | But you didn't say why "Do as I tell you" is correct but "You hate doing as I tell you" is not correct? | |
| Feb 25 at 14:46 | comment | added | Tom | You had better updated your answer because I updated my question. | |
| Feb 25 at 14:39 | history | edited | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 25 at 14:32 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | The first is ungrammatical, the second means the listener hates being told what to do. | |
| Feb 25 at 14:32 | history | edited | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 25 at 14:31 | comment | added | Tom | But you didn't say the difference between "You hate doing as I tell you" and “You hate doing what I tell you"? | |
| Feb 25 at 13:35 | history | edited | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 25 at 13:29 | history | edited | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 25 at 13:16 | history | answered | Mari-Lou A | CC BY-SA 4.0 |