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gerund or infinitive



metcet20
Turkey

gerund or infinitive
 
Hello everybody! Greetings from Kocaeli.
 
Is there a difference between two sentences?
a)She learnt to read  when she was four.
b)She learnt reading  when she was four.
 
Thank you!

4 Jan 2013      





anitarobi
Croatia

As far as I know, a is correct, because �learn � goes with an infinitive. Check this list for instance http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/infinitive_list.htm . Or this one:
Hope it helps!
Anita

4 Jan 2013     



MoodyMoody
United States

As an American speaker, I would never use a gerund with learn. Anita is 100% correct. You can use a "pure" noun after learn, such as "My sister learned ballet when she was seven," but not a gerund. (We use learned in the USA, but I think British English still uses learnt.)

4 Jan 2013