Question

英语语法高手请进！

I got a ladder from the shed in the garden, put it against the wall, and began______(climb) towards the bed room window.这里应该用动名词还是不定式？为什么？
忘了说，这是一件已经发生的事，上文是作者复述其经过。

Answer 1

答：这是一个“推”还是“敲”的问题，简称"推敲"问题
其实这里用不定式和动名词都是正确的。我个人倾向于用不定式：and began to clamb ...
但学过新概念第二册的同学知道，这句话来自本书。亚力山大，语言大师，会有错吗？
是的，没错，本来就是一个推敲问题嘛！
只不过这篇文章，编者的语法意图是教学动名词作动词的宾语，所以这个began后就用了climing了。

新概念英语二册：Lesson 92 Asking for trouble
It must have been about two in the morning when I returned home. I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the doorbell, but she was fast asleep, so I got a ladder from the shed in the garden, put it against the wall, and began climbing towards the bedroom window. I was almost there when a sarcastic voice below said, I don't think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night.I looked down and nearly fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman. I immediately regretted answering in the way I did, but I said, I enjoy cleaning windows at night.So do I, answered the policeman in the same tone. Excuse my interrupting you. I hate to interrupt a man when he's busy working, but would you mind coming with me to the station?Well, I'd prefer to stay here,I said.You see. I've forgotten my key.Your what? he called. My key, I shouted. Fortunately, the shouting woke up my wife who opened the window just as the policeman had started to climb towards me.

Answer 2

to climb
begin to do sth

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为什么climbing不行？

追答

大部分情况下都是begin to do sth ，很少情况出现begin doIng sth ，其实begin to do sth 与begin doIng sth没有太大区别。

Answer 3

climbing

追问

为什么？

追答

begin doing

Answer 4

其实两者都可以，我个人倾向不定式，to climb 不定式多表示即将开始的动作 有将来意义，动名词表示正在进行的动作，有现在意义。但这里是began的搭配，没有特别明显的区别的

Answer 5

这里应当用 climbing。began 意指后面的动作全部，指 climbing 动作开始。用动词不定式的话，指的是 began 去做某事。

Answer 6

用不定式。因为前后两者指的不是同一件事。