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    All children like playing

    Cours gratuits > Forum > Forum anglais: Questions sur l'anglais || En bas

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    All children like playing
    Message de rulna posté le 02-10-2011 à 16:11:17 (S | E | F)
    Hello!

    Is it correct to say "All children like playing but not reading" for Tous les enfants aiment jouer mais pas lire?
    Thanks in advance!

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    Modifié par lucile83 le 02-10-2011 16:55


    Réponse: All children like playing de bulsara_berte, postée le 02-10-2011 à 16:18:29 (S | E)
    Hello!

    To me, it sounds ok!
    Let's see our friends' point of view
    Regards

    bulsara




    Réponse: All children like playing de rulna, postée le 02-10-2011 à 16:31:16 (S | E)
    Okay, thank you!



    Réponse: All children like playing de notrepere, postée le 02-10-2011 à 17:08:17 (S | E)
    Hello

    Yes, I agree with b_b. You could also use the infinitive forms ... to play ... to read ... for the same meaning.

    Regards





    Réponse: All children like playing de gerondif, postée le 02-10-2011 à 18:06:18 (S | E)
    Hello,
    The English often use "every" where we say "tous...."

    je connais tout le monde: I know everybody.

    You could have said:

    Every child prefers playing to reading.

    even stronger:

    Any child prefers playing to reading. (n'importe quel enfant, tout enfant...)
    Any child will prefer to play rather than read.
    Any child would rather play than read.

    Generally speaking:

    Children on the whole like playing but not reading.
    Children at large prefer playing to reading.

    "All children" sounds strange to my ears, I usually hear,:
    "all good children" go to heaven,
    "all the children I met hate reading" when it is more definite, and I feel the "the" is missing but it could be just a wrong impression on my part.



    Réponse: All children like playing de azerty2646, postée le 06-10-2011 à 20:47:56 (S | E)
    Hello,

    All children prefer games but hate books

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    Modifié par lucile83 le 06-10-2011 20:55
    Merci mais la réponse a déjà été donnée et il est inutile de faire remonter un sujet dans ce cas.





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