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| Belles1654 wrote: |
| "Do you want to join me jogging" |
I am not sure too, but it sounds ok to me. But personally, I would probably say "Do you want to join me and jog?"
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| "Do you want to join me in going to the movies" |
I don't think this is correct, grammatically it looks ok though. Maybe you can drop "in going" and say "Do you want to join me to the movies?"
Just my two cents.
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| #3 (permalink) Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:32 am Will you join us |
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I think Cantik made a good point and grammatically 'join sb. in doing sth.' is alright. e.g. The committee joins me in welcoming you. Sounds formal but correct. Cantik's suggestion "Do you want to join me to the movies?" without 'in going' sounds better and naturaler to me although it's alright to put in 'in going'.
BTW, 'join sb. doing sth.' is grammatically wrong unless the speaker is well aware that the 'in' is deliberately omitted.
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Jul 30, 2008 13:40 pm Will you join us |
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| Haihao wrote: |
| BTW, 'join sb. doing sth.' is grammatically wrong unless the speaker is well aware that the 'in' is deliberately omitted. |
I didn't know this. So are these sentences grammatically wrong?
Join him cooking.
Join him fishing.
Join him dancing.
Or did I get you wrong?
Thanks, Haihao, for your attention.
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I have not posted because I can't explain WHY those sentences sound so totally unnatural.
Would you like to join me when I go jogging?
Will you join me at the movies? Would you like to join me when I go to the movies tonight?
-- Those are more natural versions.
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Oh, thanks Barb_D.
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| But "join me X-ing" would not be natural at all. |
Could there be any situation that it can be natural?
Do you want to fish with me?
Do you want to go fishing with me?
Do you want to join me fishing?
Do you want to join me and go fishing?
And could there be any situation where "and" is necessary?
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What about the following sentences?
Would you like to join me for a jog?
Would you like to join me for dinner tonight?
Please join me in congratulating John on his remarkable achievement.
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Hi Daemon
You could use your last sentence like so "....join with me...." But just optional.
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hi,
how about ''would you like to join me for a movie/the movies tonight?", please?
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| #11 (permalink) Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:08 am Will you join us |
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Hi jctgf
Your sentence would be fine using 'a movie'.
I don't think people would be likely to use the plural (movies) in that sentence.
''Would you like to join me for a movie tonight?"
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