In Gerunds^x, Clauses^x, Genitives^x

Here are some examples The main point is to explain the correct answerThe sentences are little bit childisch they are some modified sentences I am afraid that my explanations seems to be a little childisch too So please help me how to turn it into the right explanation Mary was real angry because...

Yulysess wrote Hi creolejazz The rule you search lies I think in the grammatical unit called Nominal Clauses Nominal ing clauses that is participle clauses or as pieanne illustrated above gerunds The commomest type of participle clause is that which has no subject When a is subject required...

I agree with you MrP Example 3 Besides being a role model for each person in the family he also is right Here is my thought on this thread 1 As to why either a genitive or an objective is possible as a sense subject of a gerund Schematically speaking a usual sentence pattern involving a gerund...

Hi creolejazz The rule you search lies I think in the grammatical unit called Nominal Clauses Nominal ing clauses that is participle clauses or as pieanne illustrated above gerunds The commomest type of participle clause is that which has no subject When a is subject required there is sometimes a...

Miriam Many thanks for your thoughtful expansion of Pem s analysis I ll first address the specific questions you ve raised then re state more thoroughly the case which the Cambridge book is making for the gerund s redefinition Consider the following two sentences 1 I can t stand your being here 2...

Dave First of all and even when everyone is surely aware of this I must insist that even when I believe my knowledge of the English grammar is good I m not a grammarian or a linguist It would be completely absurd for me to try and analyse a language that is not even my own in depth when I lack...