The meanings (within each pair) are the same, and the constructions are OK. #1 opens the door to some ambiguity as to which work is being referred to.

Are the following sentences both acceptable and the same in meaning? 1. I need a report on the progress of work of the committee. 2. I need a report on the progress of the work of the committee. What about the following ones? 3. I need a report on

Hello . I am sponsoring a Filipino caregiver linving in Hong Kong. She is approved for her work permit and all else but no visa but I have to write a letter to get her to have her visa to Canada faster as they are being very slow. The following

All of your examples are gerunds if we stick to modern terminology. Forget about the terminology verbal noun . It's total garbage! It has many different definitions, depending on the author and when the grammar book was written.

I have 2 questions. I'd be happy if someone answer them. (1) Omitting "the" from "the Abstract Noun" can be seen especially in phrases that have inside them the Verb-Object structure, as in "protection of nature", "lack of food" and

Anonymous wrote: wussup everybody... i've got a Grammar exam at 14.00.. I really have no clue.. In Adverbial Clauses, we have a part called alternate structure, it's kinda changin' the subordinate clause into a new structure. This new

Hello everybody. In Grammar, adverbial clauses have alternate structures, this means changing the structure of the clause into a new one, it can be either: coordinate clause, prepositional phrase with gerund or with abstract noun, participal

wussup everybody... i've got a Grammar exam at 14.00.. I really have no clue.. In Adverbial Clauses, we have a part called alternate structure, it's kinda changin' the subordinate clause into a new structure. This new structure is either :

I sent this a a message to Grammar Geek: Thanks, but....I understand there is a "primary way"...Perhaps I'm not being clear. I'm not asking how this is most often said etc. etc...my interest is academic, viz., is it somehow acceptable to say

Hi, "Because of a confusion with that type of sentence, it is a curiously common error to put a comma in the absolute construction" Should not we use "beacause of confusion..."? Confusion is an abstract noun and can't take 'a' before it. Yes,