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Answer by naruto for What is the difference between 連用形'て-form' and the い-stem?
The te-form and the masu-stem (aka i-form) are not the same syntactically. There are cases where they seem interchangeable, but in most cases, they are simply different. For example, only the masu-stem...
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If they are the same syntactically, why is it right to say 食べている but not 食べいる? Why is it right to say 食べ続ける, but not 食べて続ける? Forgive my ignorance on this topic.
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