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Thank you so much. I learned something I had not known before. I think you hit a home run.Which one sounds natural to you if that judgment can be made? I am asking because in rare cases, I have difficulty choosing one because they sound and look the same to me. For most cases similar to the one...

Thank you for agreeing with me. However, agreeing isn't necessary at all. Diversity makes life interesting! As for your sentences, I have already explained my opinion about structures like these, but if people disagree with me, that's just fine. I don't mind in the least.In the first...

I would consider speech incorrectly used in your sentence and in the terminology I am familiar with the term "verbal noun" only refers to nouns derived from verbs by adding ing. If you want to use the term in another sense, I have absolutely nothing against it. I am not in the least...

Some proper nouns or names require the, some don't. In the phrase the Cow Power program all the words are common nouns and the article is associated with the last word, "program," which is not a proper noun, so the article must be used as there is only one such program.The article...

Thank you. How is Ondol different from these proper nouns (I think they are) that I see having definite articles?the Pacific OceanI think Mr. M said the definite article is needed for this name of program that is in quotes:The 'Cow Power Program' Is this program a proper name?And I see a...

Hi, Thank you.You said: The speaking of English is easy. (A verbal noun and because speaking is a noun, the is posible before it. Even an adjectival attribute can be used: The correct speaking of English is easy.) Speaking English is easy. (A gerund, which to my mind is neither a verb nor a noun...

Hi CB,thanks so much for your reply(i was the one who asked about the differences between verbal nouns and gerunds). i agree that there seems to be discrepancies between one grammarians usage and another's. I certainly like your definition of gerunds, in so far as they are unable to take the...

You'll have to wait for RayH's explanation for his preferences. He heard a fearful wailing of a dog is fine grammatically but it does suggest that you may hear different kinds of wailings of a dog and therefore the sentence may sound odd to some. The plural dogs simply indicates that...

hi, i've been struggling with coming to grips with the differences between verbal nouns and gerunds. e.g. John's singing the national anthem bothered me. or John's singing of the national anthem bothered me.which is correct, and in the second case is 'singing' a gerund or...

Hi, thank you.Why do you think RayH seemed to have said this has to be "the fearful wailing"?1)He heard a fearful wailing of a dogI think he said it has to be:2)He heard the fearful wailing of a dogI think RayH is correct but I also think no. 1 can be correct under a right situation. I...