By Countable nouns, Gerunds

Mistakes made by Chinese Learners

Hi everyoneI just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far:Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived as...

Questions about As Much...As clause.

Dear Friends, I have couple of questions (which has been nagging me for a long time) about 'As much...As' comparative clause. What all (noun (uncountable/countable), adjectives (gradable/non-gradable), infinitive, gerund) we can use in 'As much....as' clause? 'As much <noun...

Re: what could come after a preposition?

The only thing that can come after a preposition to form a prepositional phrase is a noun phrase, usually a noun accompanied by its preceding determiner and perhaps an adjective. A relative clause may be added. The noun itself may be a gerund. If the element after the candidate for a...

Re: more examples please

Thank you, CalifJim. I am going to give you four sentences that have a preposition followed by what looks to be a noun equivalent. Can you please tell me if these are illustrations of your points that you made above? Are they all correct noun equivalents? 1.He is displeased with filling...

Re: more examples please

CalifJim wrote:Gerunds can be treated as countable or non-countable, the same as other nouns. It seems to me that as non-countables they are generally taken more abstractly. Thank you, CalifJim. I am going to give you four sentences that have a preposition followed by what looks to be a noun...

Re: genitive as a noun -- long question

Believer wrote:Can a gerund function as a countable noun? If so, can you show me how it is done in simple terms?Hi BelieverOf course a gerund can form a plural: his comings and goings.As you see, the plural is formed by adding an s to the word. Some grammarians distinguish between a gerund and a...

Re: genitive as a noun -- long question

Thank you, CalifJim, Khoff and Eimai_Anglos. I think I made a mistake -- yes, it should be a "gerund" and not "genitive." I did some reseach on my own and I think I have gotten the following Google search results: "a cutting of" 29,200 hits "a shaking of" 29,700 hits "a mixing of" 275,500...

Re: some questions including use of colon

Hi, After a fake academic degree scandal of Ms.Shin, a former professor at Dongguk University, is exposed, a continual coming out of celebrities’ ‘fake degree’ is following like domino effect : Ms.Yun’s confession that she hasn’t attended Ewha Univ. is also one of the case. What is the...

Re: some questions including use of colon

Thank you, Clive. What is the difference, if any, between using "a continual coming out" and "a continual 'outing'" in terms of structural correctness, not considering its grammatical or semantical correctness? Can we say "a continual coming out" as a countable noun (sense), not it to mean...

Re: more examples please

Thank you, all. You said, "Gerunds can be treated as countable and non-countable, the same as other nouns." OK, can you apply similar or the same reasoning for a quoted content (or not quoted but in parentheses -- for special treatment, I guess, if that is possible) like this: Is there a...