Here is my take: Recognizing the immediate danger, he ordered everyone to evacuate the building. - participle phrase usge. Recognize is a transitive verb, but I've used it without an object and as a gerund. Is that acceptable? Or,

It is the object of the verb. Verb objects are nouns, noun phrases or noun clauses. Ergo, it is a gerund (an '-ing' verb form acting as a noun.) (This conversation started HERE .)

much absolutely cannot be used there. loud and great are not really idiomatic there, though with the addition of of , the use of loud is slightly less objectionable. The positioning of adjectives in front of gerund clauses is not often successful

Hi. Is it correct to put adjectives like "loud" or "great" or what looks to be a determiner (not sure, though) like "much" in front of a gerund clause? eg, His much/loud/great playing the violin in the early

Could you explain when exactly we can reduce relative clause if there is no be verb? I know I can say: English has an alphabet that consists or consisting of 26 letters. You are mixing a gerund phrase in with a subordinate noun clause.

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

Hi Doubt 1 to be used to doing something. In this case, to is a preposition indeed, and as holds true for all prepositions, they cannot be followed by a to-infinitive or bare infinitive. (e.g. to go, to see, go, see ). It must be followed by an

Jaleel.nt, in the first instance, we deal with a phenomenon that is conventionally known as a passive gerund ; the whole clause with being... can be substituted with a noun phrase, eg, ...this award . Therefore, we refer to being... as a nominal

Talking quietly with your friends in the hallways might be a good idea. -- Preferable Before seriously considering whether to go ahead with the idea, think about this. -- OK talking with your friends Is this an infinite clause? -- No. An

Hi. Which do you think is correct? Or which is more preferable as the case might be? 1. Softly talking with your friends in the hallways might be a good idea. 2. Talking softly with your friends in the hallways might be a good idea.