staying up all night reading

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staying up all night reading

Postby artart » 2022-09-23, 13:07

Which are correct:
1) That was the book I was planning on staying up all night reading.
2) That was the book I was planning on staying up all night and reading.

3) That was the book I was planning to stay up all night to read.

4) That was the book I was planning to stay up all night and read.

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Re: staying up all night reading

Postby linguoboy » 2022-09-23, 14:44

artart wrote:Which are correct:
1) That was the book I was planning on staying up all night reading.
2) That was the book I was planning on staying up all night and reading.

3) That was the book I was planning to stay up all night to read.

4) That was the book I was planning to stay up all night and read.

(2) is grammatically incorrect but I would probably let it pass in an informal context, since I understand the meaning easily enough. (4) is too, technically, but "and" for "to" in this context (e.g. "try and read") is so common in this construction that it's even more informally acceptable.
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Re: staying up all night reading

Postby artart » 2022-09-24, 4:14

Thank you very much, Linguoboy,

How about:

5) That was the book I wanted to stay up all night reading.

Is that one correct?

My apologies for not including it in the first post, but it came to me after I read your reply.

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Re: staying up all night reading

Postby linguoboy » 2022-09-27, 19:47

artart wrote:Thank you very much, Linguoboy,

How about:

5) That was the book I wanted to stay up all night reading.

Is that one correct?

This one is perfectly straightforward.

I wanted to stay up all night reading the book. > That was the book I wanted to stay up all night reading.
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