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Hi, I'm Sian from BBC Learning English.
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What's the difference between stop to do
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and stop doing something?
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Well, stop what you're doing right now
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because that's what I'm going to tell you.
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When we use stop plus ING,
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the activity in the ING form stops.
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So, I have stopped drinking coffee.
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I'm not drinking coffee anymore, I'm only drinking water.
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But when stop is followed by the infinitive,
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it means we stop doing another action
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to do the action in the infinitive.
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So, I stopped to buy a tea this morning –
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I stopped walking in order to buy a tea.
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Right, I'm going to stop talking now.
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Write me a comment,
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and tell me something that you've stopped doing.
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