All children like playing

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All children like playing
Message de rulna posté le 02-10-2011 à 16:11:17 (S | E | F)
Hello!

Is it correct to say "All children like playing but not reading" for Tous les enfants aiment jouer mais pas lire?
Thanks in advance!

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Modifié par lucile83 le 02-10-2011 16:55

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Réponse: All children like playing de bulsara_berte, postée le 02-10-2011 à 16:18:29 (S | E)
Hello!

To me, it sounds ok!
Let's see our friends' point of view
Regards

bulsara

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Réponse: All children like playing de rulna, postée le 02-10-2011 à 16:31:16 (S | E)
Okay, thank you!

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Réponse: All children like playing de notrepere, postée le 02-10-2011 à 17:08:17 (S | E)
Hello

Yes, I agree with b_b. You could also use the infinitive forms ... to play ... to read ... for the same meaning.

Regards

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Réponse: All children like playing de gerondif, postée le 02-10-2011 à 18:06:18 (S | E)
Hello,
The English often use "every" where we say "tous...."

je connais tout le monde: I know everybody.

You could have said:

Every child prefers playing to reading.

even stronger:

Any child prefers playing to reading. (n'importe quel enfant, tout enfant...)
Any child will prefer to play rather than read.
Any child would rather play than read.

Generally speaking:

Children on the whole like playing but not reading.
Children at large prefer playing to reading.

"All children" sounds strange to my ears, I usually hear,:
"all good children" go to heaven,
"all the children I met hate reading" when it is more definite, and I feel the "the" is missing but it could be just a wrong impression on my part.

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Réponse: All children like playing de azerty2646, postée le 06-10-2011 à 20:47:56 (S | E)
Hello,

All children prefer games but hate books

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Modifié par lucile83 le 06-10-2011 20:55
Merci mais la réponse a déjà été donnée et il est inutile de faire remonter un sujet dans ce cas.

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