What is right?
What is right? Cease to do smth or cease doing smth?
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Both are correct, but ‘’cease doing something’’ is more common in spoken English. If you’re using the expression in your essay, “cease to do something” would sound better. 🙂
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"Cease" is not a common verb; it's formal and probably wouldn't be used in U.S. spoken English often. But "cease doing" sounds more natural to me.
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What is right?
What is right? Cease to do smth or cease doing smth?
It depends on the context.
Cease smoking right now!!!!!!
Ceasing to smoke each can improve your health.
I ceased hoping that my brother would stop smoking
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I think cease + to verb is more common and sounds better, but both are correct. You can also use cease + gerund, and the verb can be intransitive.
Ex. Dinosaurs ceased to exist.
Dinosaurs ceased existing. People ceased breathing.
The rain ceased. (no object-- intransitive)
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