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"stopped to cry" vs "stopped crying"



 
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"stopped to cry" vs "stopped crying" #1 (permalink) Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:58 am   "stopped to cry" vs "stopped crying"
 

Hi evryone, stopped to cry / stopped crying what is different between. please thank all of you
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Question #2 (permalink) Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:43 am   Question
 

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stopped to cry = stopped (doing something else) (in order) to cry

stopped crying = turned off the tears.
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