Thread: Use of gerund
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Old 05-29-2008, 07:38 PM   #2
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Hi Gabriel! That's a very good question. That sentence is wrong because the use of the gerund in spanish is somehow different from the use in english. In Spanish we can only use it when the two actions are taking place at the exact same moment. For instance, in your example, what you would be saying is that the robbery and the scape happened at the same time, when actually the robbery was first.
I hope it helps!!!
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