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    Re: Aspect of the infinitive

    Not always.

    Я захотел спать.

    It depends on a specific verb, I think.

    Я забыл + imperfective = unnatural, should be забыл сделать smth.
    Устал + perfective = unnatural, should be устал...
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    I would say both of you are right. You are...

    No. It's better to think of it this way at first:

    ходить = "to go"
    входить = "to enter"

    Я каждый день хожу в магазин за молоком.
    Every day I go to the store to buy milk.

    Когда я вхожу в...
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    One more example, I think it's even better: Я...

    One more example, I think it's even better:

    Я каждый день ХОЖУ в магазин: сначала я выхожу из дома, потом иду по улице, потом подхожу к магазину, потом ВХОЖУ в магазин, после этого я покупаю...
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    OK, the meaning would be something like this:...

    You see, I really can't see how the meaning of that sentence would change if I was to say Каждый день я вхожу в магазин, покупаю хлеб и молоко :?[/quote]

    OK, the meaning would be something like...
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    You can just compare: "Каждый день я хожу в...

    You can just compare:

    "Каждый день я хожу в магазин, покупаю хлеб и молоко"

    Every day I go to a shop (visit a shop), and buy bread and milk

    but:

    "Когда я вхожу в магазин, я оставляю сумку...
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    No, that's not stylistic. That's a lexical...

    No, that's not stylistic. That's a lexical mistake.

    Войти only means to enter inside, as I explained.

    If you wish to construct sentences correctly, you'll have to take note of that.
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    I'm afraid you've got it wrong. You think that...

    The sentence is wrong. It should be:
    Я хожу в магазин_ еженедельно (or каждую неделю).[/quote]
    Agreed. I've always thought it a bit odd the way in which "in" is conveyed twice in the phrase входить...
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