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Aug 13, 2008 · In my experience, "You are arguing about the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin" is most often thrown out by people who want to ridicule the intricacies of their opponents' arguments because they cannot understand them. It does indeed have a religious origin. To be precise, the origin is in Catholic theology.
Nov 15, 2012 · They were playing a slow dance; " I like Dance (eg, ballet gancing) Dancing can be either a Present Participle ("We were dancing cheek to cheek when the bomb exploded") or a Verbal Noun (also called Gerund) ("Dancing is my favourite pastime"). In a few words, dance is a noun by nature, while dancing can function as noun (in the case of a Verbal ...
Sep 30, 2017 · I would like to dance with you. This is a bit too direct. I would like dancing with you. This sounds all wrong. The polite, formal, way to ask is 'May I have this dance?'. A less formal, and perfectly natural, way is 'Would you like to dance?'. Cross-posted.
May 24, 2010 · You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life. See that girl, watch that scene, dig in the Dancing Queen As I always do I came to my favourite forum to find out the meaning of "dig in the dancing queen" and I found this thread:
Feb 14, 2014 · I can neither sing nor dance. yes I can neither sing nor dance nor swim nor anything. yes I neither like this nor that. I have heard this one, but it works better as: I like neither this nor that But you can't say it as: I don't/can't do this nor that.
Jan 10, 2013 · Hi. Here is the sentence: He hadn't developed his own interests until he joined the dance club. I wonder if it can be written like this: He hadn't developed his own interests until joining the dance club. Thanks for the help.
Aug 10, 2007 · Hello forum, A thread in English only made me wonder about this. In French, there were primarily 6 fine arts: le premier art (1st art): dance le deuxième art (2nd art): music le troisième art (3rd art): poetry le quatrième art (4th art): paint le cinquième art (5th art): sculpture le sixième...
Oct 29, 2017 · If I want to invite someone to dance, I should say"start dancing". B. Barque Banned. Tamil Oct 29, 2017
May 12, 2014 · I want to learn to sing and dance. (Here to sing and to dance would sound more unusual, though strictly speaking not ungrammatical.) My aim is to honour and cherish my wife. (I think to honour and to cherish can work.) His method was to come, to see and to conquer. (I think this works better with the multiple to's.)
May 15, 2018 · Well, the title pretty much says it all. I'm wondering which of the two can be used when speaking in general. Or - 1. it's nice to dance at home 2. it's nice dancing at home 3. it's nice to dancing at home.
