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Old 07-09-2007, 11:08 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by reonagg View Post
Could anyone explain this to me?, When do we use 'wait' and 'waiting' as nouns? For example, are the following sentences right: ?

-I hate waiting.

-The wait was awful.
reonagg,

I am not a grammarian (I just speak the language) so I will not comment on whether both examples are technically correct or not.

However both would be acceptable UK usage, as would 'the waiting'.

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