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    took to + ing ? Exception ? (1)

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    Message de ethancarter posté le 14-03-2008 à 13:13:23 (S | E | F)

    Bonjour,
    Dans un roman anglais, j'ai trouvé la phrase suivante :

    He took to going out in full daylight...

    Je m'interroge sur le took to + ing .. s'agit-il d'une exception à apprendre par coeur, comme look forward + ing ?
    Merci
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    Modifié par bridg le 14-03-2008 16:02


    Réponse: took to + ing ? Exception ? de jean31, postée le 14-03-2008 à 13:43:39 (S | E)
    Bonjour,


    He took to going out in full daylight...

    C'est un verbe à postposition qui a le sens de prendre l'habitude de/se mettre à + infinitif.


    Réponse: took to + ing ? Exception ? de TravisKidd, postée le 14-03-2008 à 15:17:23 (S | E)
    Ici il ne s'agit pas d'un verbe à postposition.

    Il est bien comme "look forward" ; le "to" qui suit est simplement une préposition ici, et un verbe qui suit une préposition est toujours mis à la forme en -ING.

    Je suis d'accord quant au sens: "take to doing" = developper l'habitude de faire, apprendre à aimer faire


    Réponse: took to + ing ? Exception ? de ethancarter, postée le 14-03-2008 à 20:19:34 (S | E)
    Merci

    Existe t-il une liste de ce type de verbes / montages ?


    Réponse: took to + ing ? Exception ? de mandarynka, postée le 14-03-2008 à 23:49:49 (S | E)
    hi,

    TO is follwed by -ing in two cases:

    01. when it is a particle which combines with lexical verbs to form multi-word verbs, e.g.
    (Examples come from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English)

    Dee's taken to getting up at 6 and going jogging.

    My mother says she's looking forward to meeting you.

    02. when it is a preposition dependent on a verb,e.g.

    1. He confessed to having a secret admiration for his opponent.

    2. Owen did not confine himself to writing only one type of poem.

    3. I restrict myself to drinking one cup of coffee a day.

    4a. I objected to having to rewrite the article.
    4b. I really object to being charged for parking (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

    5.We may have to resort to using untrained staff. (Oxford)

    It's all I can think of

    Mandarynka


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    Modifié par mandarynka le 15-03-2008 18:19




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