BroadwayWorld: Review: PLAYING WITH FIRE AFTER FRANKENSTEIN at The Weekend Theater in Little Rock
I never know what I am going to encounter at The Weekend Theater in Little Rock, but their newest offering exceeded my expectations. PLAYING WITH FIRE AFTER FRANKENSTEIN is intense and grips you ...
Review: PLAYING WITH FIRE AFTER FRANKENSTEIN at The Weekend Theater in Little Rock
WKRN-TV: Spring Hill working to prevent children from playing with fire after recent incidents
Spring Hill working to prevent children from playing with fire after recent incidents
Both "play" and "playing" is correct here. People often see him (who is) playing basketball on the playground at the weekend. People often see him (who) play basketball on the playground at the weekend. So essentially both carry the same meaning.
Is there no way to state the generic playing without a direct object? Or is "playing" inherently a transitive verb? Cambridge Dictionary first sense seems to suggest intransitive, but it seems to always have a "with him" or "on the street" after it. Is it natural to have this kind of conversation: "What were you doing?" "I was playing." "Oh, what did you play?/Who do you play with?"
Is it idiomatic to say "I just played" or "I was just playing" in ...
Cook (2000) defined language play as playing with words and meanings, playing in language and creating fictional words, and playing with pragmatics, which entails enjoyment with language.
I need to be playing in Europe I need to play in Europe Which sentence is more correct or is there any difference at all?