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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
09:12
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Man_From_India
Man_From_India
11:31
@EddieKal Is it really correct?
> I enjoy that I go to Chicago.
And what about this?
> I enjoy it that I go to Chicago.
I tried to mean I like the fact that I go to Chicago.
And even if "I enjoy that I go to Chicago." is correct it is very rare and conversational I guess.
@Marek and MJD, "that I go to Chicago" is never a Noun Phrase. It is a clause; in your example sentence it is a subordinate clause introduced by a subordinator that. Whether there will be a Gerund-Participle clause or a subordinate clause is decided by the verb enjoy, and those constituents are called complement. As far as I know enjoy does not license a subordinate clause as complement, even if it does it is very rare so I enjoy that I go to Chicago is not in very common usage. It is very conversational I guess. — Man_From_India 53 secs ago
 
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Eddie Kal
Eddie Kal
16:27
@Man_From_India enjoy + that clause does occur but seems very rare as you say
I don't like the second sentence. It doesn't sound right to my ear
btw "go to Chicago" is unclear here
You'd need to say "I enjoy it when I go to Chicago"
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
16:48
@EddieKal but when you like the fact that you go to Chicago? Like this: I enjoy the fact that you go to Chicago.
One example sentence
> In Berlin I enjoyed it that the Jamaican journalists were asking my dad for interviews, and people were coming up to me with Jamaican flags. (The Guardian - Sports)
Eddie Kal
Eddie Kal
that's an interesting example indeed!
but still sounds kind of off
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
Ah I see. Yes "I like it when I go to Chicago" is a common usage, where you enjoy the journey.
But my sentence was different. Maybe in a context where I go to Chicago occassionally, and I like my occasional visit, in that context it might be correct "I enjoy it that I go to Chicago".
Or that is what I thought. But if it doesn't sound good to a native ear, there is reason to believe it.
And honestly speaking I didn't find many examples of similar construction.

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