English term
I didn't start out liking exercise
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Man: I didn't start out liking exercise at all; I had to do it because I had a bad back, and since joining the Y club, I have done a lot of stretching exercises. I was a terrible swimmer when I came here and in ten weeks I learned to swim not bad.
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(liking exercise?)
What does "I didn't start out liking exercise" mean?
Thank you
Sep 18, 2021 08:24: Rachel Fell changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Tony M, Shera Lyn Parpia, Rachel Fell
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At first, I didn't like... / Initially, I didn't like...
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Note added at 1 day 38 mins (2021-09-19 07:50:39 GMT)
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First of all, I wouldn't add 'at all' — that adds a dimension of 'degree' that is not there in the source text, and so amounts to over-interpretation.
Secondly, 'exercise' here is a noun; in normal EN syntax, if you wanted it to be a verb, you'd have to use the infinitive: 'I didn't like to exercise' — it wouldn't be incorrect to express it that way, just possibly less common. So the presence of the 'to' would be the clue to tell you it was a verb.
We might in EN also say 'I didn't like exercising' — in that case it becomes a gerund: a noun made from a verb.
| Thank you so much, Tony |
| I have one more question. |
| At first, I didn't like exercise at all. |
| In this case, is "exercise" a noun or a verb? |
I didn't like to exercise at the beginning
| Thank you so much, Kiet |
| neutral |
Tony M
: Although this is not incorrect, by changing the word order, you have introduced a potential ambiguity that is not there in the original: it might mean 'the beginning of each session of exercise' or 'when I first started exercising at all'; best to avoid
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