Going to the movies.

[Lion15]

Good afternoon!
What is more correct to use in the following sentence:
I liked to go to the movies on the weekends
Or
I liked going to the movies on the weekends.
If there are other mistakes in the first sentence?
Thanks beforehand

 

[emsr2d2]

Re: Grammar

Good afternoon! (That's OK but remember it's not afternoon everywhere!)

[STRIKE]What is more correct to use in the following[/STRIKE] Which sentence is correct?

1. I liked to go to the movies on the weekends.
[STRIKE]Or[/STRIKE]
2. I liked going to the movies on the weekends.

[STRIKE]If there[/STRIKE] Are there [STRIKE]other[/STRIKE] any mistakes in the first sentence?

Thanks [STRIKE]beforehand[/STRIKE] in advance.

Welcome to the forum. :hi:

Please note my corrections above.

Both sentences are grammatically correct. Can you explain why you started them with "I liked"? We usually talk about things we like to do now (present tense), and if we're talking about the past, we use "I used to like verb+ing/I used to like to + verb".

 

[PeterCW]

Re: Grammar

Because most British (and, I suspect, American) people have had very little formal training in grammar what is correct doesn't always sound natural.

I would always say "at the weekend" rather than "on the weekends". In colloquial BrE it is understood that you are speaking about any and all possible weekends.

In BrE, while "the movies" sounds natural we are more likely to say "the pictures".

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Re: Grammar

In the US, we would either say on weekends or on the weekend. They mean the same thing.

 

[tedmc]

Re: Grammar

I liked to go to the movies on the weekends.

It seems to imply that the speaker doesn't to do that anymore, doesn't it?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Re: Grammar

It seems to imply that the speaker doesn't to do that anymore, doesn't it?

Yup. Either that or doesn't like it anymore. Or both.