By Clauses, Gerunds

Re: what's the difference between hate+tov and hate+v-ing?

There are exceedingly few cases where there is any difference. On rare occasions, the gerund form allows an interpretation with a generic subject (anybody) that is different from the subject in the main clause.He hates to lie, cheat, and steal can only mean he hates these things when he does...

Re: gerund or verbal noun

Check this out. A friend of mine was accused (of what?) of stealing food. So stealing functions as a present participle in adverbial clause here.A friend of mine was accused (of what?) of being arrogant- Same for this one. Stealing is a crime- Here, stealing is noun/ gerund

Re: about the "gerund"

In addition to GG’s post, I will throw in my 2 cents. A week in Hawaii will be a dream vacation for me – A week is a noun. If you use an “Ing” form of a verb to replace a noun, that –is a gerund. i.e. Vacationing in Hawaii will be a dream… YOGA - is good exercise – YOGA is a noun....

noun clause?

After arriving, he or she should immediately go to bed. Do the underlined words make up a noun clause? Do they even constitute a clause? Is it a gerund phrase? An adverbial? Thanks for your help!!

Verbs

The list isn't meant to be exhaustive or carefully arranged. Any additions, corrections or further examples would be welcomed. 1 main verbs; lexical verbs (all verbs which are not auxiliaries or modals) 2 action verbs; event verbs; dynamic verbs (a verb which can be used in...

Re: Calling all Grammarians! (Hope that is the word!)

.Some grammarians don't like the name 'gerund' and stick with 'participial form of the verb' and/or call such clauses merely ' '-ing' clauses'. If the clause serves as a noun, the -ing verb form can be called a gerund.Utilizing tomography thrills me.My hobby...

Re: Calling all Grammarians! (Hope that is the word!)

Someone recently suggested that this was a "participial something"...any ideas on that? Do gerund clauses have to have a subject or is it simply a gerund here (no clause)?

Re: possessing the gerund?

It's not a matter of possessing the action. Not at all. It's simply a grammatical device for giving the action a subject, that is, a way of showing who is performing the action. But if the subject of the gerund is the same as the subject of the clause it is contained in, the...

Re: when and after

Radford (Transformational Grammar) argues that these (when, while, after, before, since, until, ...) are all (always) prepositions. However, his is not a traditional approach. He even denies that there is any necessity of having a category for conjunctions!So you see there are a variety of...

when and after

Hi, It might take long to ask this question but I will try to shorten it. You have the conjunction 'when' and when you use it as a subordinate clause, I think you can use it elliptically like this: He should not grunt when playing tennis Here, I think a full, expanded version of ...