How to spell correctly: vacuum cleaner or vacuum cleaner?.

The verbvacuumingbelongs to the group of so-called insufficient verbs. Their peculiarity is that they are limited in the formation of certain personal forms.

In addition to the verbto vacuum, the verbsto puff, to win,to convince, to be found, to feel, to weird are insufficient. None of them form the first person forms of the present and future tense.

Examples of the formation of personal forms of insufficient verbs in the singular
Present tenseFuture tense
VacuumWinVacuumWin
  1. I-
  2. You vacuum
  3. He vacuum
  1. I -
  2. You -
  3. He -
  1. I I will vacuum
  2. You will vacuum
  3. He will vacuum
  1. I -
  2. You will win
  3. He will win

Spelling of the verbvacuumingexcludes its use in the formsvacuumingorwith a vacuum cleaner. Instead of them, descriptive constructions are used, in which it is possible to use in the first person singular form of auxiliary verbs, connected by meaning with the infinitive of the verbto vacuum: I am going to vacuum; I want to vacuum; decided to vacuum.

What am I doing? I hold the vacuum cleaner in my hands, I'm going to vacuum.

No, you don't interrupt me: I decided to vacuum.

I need to vacuum, call back later.

Descriptive constructions are also used when it is necessary to use other insufficient verbs in a personal form that they cannot form on their own:

I hope to win; I will play the pipe; I will try to convince; I dream to feel.

TheDifference.ru gives the following recommendations on the use of the verb to vacuum in the first person singular:

  1. Verbto vacuumis one of the insufficient verbs that do not form the first person singular in the present and future tenses.
  2. The use in oral and written speech of the verb formswith a vacuum cleanerandwith a vacuum cleaneris considered a gross speech and spelling error.
  3. In speech, instead of the unacceptable forms of the verb , I vacuumandwith a vacuum cleaneruse descriptive constructions that convey the meaning of the performed action as accurately as possible.
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