Marigold: A helpful "secret" is that if you are ever in doubt whether to use the base form or gerund after "rather than," just use "instead of" + gerund, and you will always be using "good" English.

CJ, Thanks. I am still not clear why #1 is better. 'Rather than' needs to be followed by a noun or noun phrase, and therefore I felt the gerund 'disappointing' is more appropriate. Take another example, 3. Rather

Hi, what is the object of the gerund "cooking" in the following sentence? I found my sister reading. I think you mean 'reading', not 'cooking'. It's not a gerund. It's a present participle

In sentence A she couldn't remember setting the alarm clock and perhaps she still woke up but as to when she set it the night before, she had no memory. In B, she didn't set it and she didn't wake up in time. The infinitve points to a

Both titles are correct. 1. The title suggests that the story that follows gives seven secrets which are known to insiders only and can be used to attract hot girls. To attract is an infinitive and denotes purpose. The infinitive is often used

Here are my observations on a few. I left out the correct ones. 2. I can't be bothered to do my homework. Infinative form - This sounds wrong to my ears! I can't be bothered - usually is associated with gerund. 5. I would

Hi there Well spotted yes you are right 5+6 are infact both infinative, I must have typed it incorrectly.

My interpretations: I like - is not a phrase, but a single gerund. is tiring - ditto , he returned home = He return home =adjectival functioning as adverb. Please correct me if I am wrong. But one single word can not satisfy

Now if I look up "are," the dictionary tells me that it is the present plural of "be." But what I would expect is that it would tell me that it is the present plural of "am" or "is" because those are the

I am currently studying a tefl course and struggling with the concept of gerunds. My question is regarding the first set of questions you had. How did you get gerund on Sentence 5 + 6, when they are not in -ing form. 'I would