請問：I had a quiet time reading a book.,為什麼read可以加ing？不是應該寫to read嗎?請知道的大大們解惑，謝謝?

"HAVE A [adjective - normally, good, bad, difficult] TIME doing something" is a kind of Fixed Expression telling the experience (what you feel) of doing something.

- I had a good time reading a book. (O) ---gerund (O)
- I had a good time to read a book. (X) ---infinitive (X)

I had a quiet time reading a book.
= I spent my time (in) reading a book in a quiet environment.
= I enjoyed reading a book quietly.

1. a quiet time 是對的.

2.
A) I had a quiet time reading a book. (O)
B) I had a quiet time to read a book. (O)
二者都是對的,但是意義稍有不同.
A)之中 quiet time與reading a book是平行的.之間的因果關係不明顯.
B)之中隱喻 quiet time是reading a book的手段.reading a book是a quiet time的目的.就像是在百忙之中,安排60分鐘以便讀本好書.

3. 它例:
He went to the kitchen to make a sandwich.(較合理-因為要到廚房才可以開始做三文志)
He went to the kitchen making a sandwich. (好笑!有人可以邊走到廚房 一邊作文志嗎?)

I had [a quiet time](受詞) [reading a book](受詞補語). ←← 受詞補語的形式有八種：5.分詞(又分：現在分詞和過去分詞)。分詞的動作的主動者用現在分詞，被動者用過去分詞。6.不定詞。(例. "to read"，我的文法書無說明用法。) 1~8：餘略。
# 註：主動者的【者】：<釋義> [代名詞] 人或事物的代稱。

1."quiet 安靜"應修正為"quite相當"
2."a quite time"必須修正為"quite a time"
文法規定，名詞之前須有形容詞，才可寫成a quite 例如a quite good time. 否則必須寫成quite a time.

I had qute a time reading a book.,
I had quite a time to read a book.,
基本上兩種寫法都可以，一是以分詞構句來補述time，一是以不定詞構句來補述。
惟語意上有些差異
第一句"我有相當多的念書時間"
第二句"我有相當多的時間去念書"
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