By Determiners, Gerunds

Buddhaheart wrote:1. We really appreciate your giving us your opinion regarding this issue. OK 2. We really appreciate you giving us your opinion regarding this issue. Not OK What comes after the main verb ‘appreciate’ is a noun phrase ‘your giving …’. ‘Giving’ is a gerund acting as a noun....

First and foremost, thanks for the reply. I really appreciate it.1. We really appreciate your giving us your opinion regarding this issue. OK 2. We really appreciate you giving us your opinion regarding this issue. Not OK What comes after the main verb ‘appreciate’ is a noun phrase ‘your...

1. We really appreciate your giving us your opinion regarding this issue. OK 2. We really appreciate you giving us your opinion regarding this issue. Not OK What comes after the main verb ‘appreciate’ is a noun phrase ‘your giving …’. ‘Giving’ is a gerund acting as a noun. What precedes a...

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...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ?After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following setence by using the...

Inchoateknowledge wrote: Andy = S cleans = V his = determiner, posessive pronoun teeth= O by brushing and gargling = PP in adverb function (denounscribes the way you do something) "brushing and gargling" is a compound noun with two gerunds. They are also the objects of the preposition:...

Andy = S cleans = V his = determiner, posessive pronoun teeth= O by brushing and gargling = PP in adverb function (denounscribes the way you do something) "brushing and gargling" is a compound noun with two gerunds. They are also the objects of the preposition: by. "and" is a co-ordinator.

What is the word sucks in "Homework sucks"? Is it a verb or an adjective? If it is a verb, what does homework suck?This brings up an excellent point, and a wonderful opportunity to discover the beautiful syntactic structure of the English language. The question at hand is "Does an English verb...

Hello Ruslana"Use" has two usages. The first one is as an uncountable noun and in this usage "use of X" means "activity of using X". (EX) The use of the four-letter word is taboo on TV. In the second usage of "use", "use" is a countable noun and "a use of X" in this usage means "a purpose...

Anonymous wrote:A sentence recently came to the attention of my family, and we never did come to agreement on the correct form: "Nov. 12th is my brother's birthday, and my mother will admit to his being a Valentine baby. (Grammar question: is it HIS being or HIM being?) 'his...