Will you join us

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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I am trying to explain to students how to use “join” . If there are any rules please let me know.

I’d like you to join us for lunch" is okay, but my students want to use constructions like
“Do you want to join me jogging”
and
“Do you want to join me in going to the movies”

I’m not sure if “join” is correct in these cases.

Thanks in advance. Belles :slight_smile:

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I am not sure too, but it sounds ok to me. But personally, I would probably say “Do you want to join me and jog?”

I don’t think this is correct, grammatically it looks ok though. Maybe you can drop “in going” and say “Do you want to join me to the movies?”

Just my two cents.

3

I think Cantik made a good point and grammatically ‘join sb. in doing sth.’ is alright. e.g. The committee joins me in welcoming you. Sounds formal but correct. Cantik’s suggestion “Do you want to join me to the movies?” without ‘in going’ sounds better and naturaler to me although it’s alright to put in ‘in going’.

BTW, ‘join sb. doing sth.’ is grammatically wrong unless the speaker is well aware that the ‘in’ is deliberately omitted.

Only my two cents, too.

4

I didn’t know this. So are these sentences grammatically wrong?

Join him cooking.
Join him fishing.
Join him dancing.

Or did I get you wrong?

Thanks, Haihao, for your attention.

C

5

I have not posted because I can’t explain WHY those sentences sound so totally unnatural.

Would you like to join me when I go jogging?
Will you join me at the movies? Would you like to join me when I go to the movies tonight?
– Those are more natural versions.

But “join me X-ing” would not be natural at all.

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Oh, thanks Barb_D.

Could there be any situation that it can be natural?

Do you want to fish with me?
Do you want to go fishing with me?
Do you want to join me fishing?
Do you want to join me and go fishing?

And could there be any situation where “and” is necessary?

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What about the following sentences?

Would you like to join me for a jog?

Would you like to join me for dinner tonight?

Please join me in congratulating John on his remarkable achievement.

8

Hi daemon,

Your sentences are fine.

What’s your name, my friend :slight_smile:

Cheers,

Ralf

9

Hi Daemon

You could use your last sentence like so “…join with me…” But just optional.

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hi,
how about ''would you like to join me for a movie/the movies tonight?", please?
thanks.

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Hi jctgf

Your sentence would be fine using ‘a movie’.
I don’t think people would be likely to use the plural (movies) in that sentence.

''Would you like to join me for a movie tonight?"
.