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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...

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Thank you very much CJ for your answers Some more questions if you wouldn t mind 1 Do May Might NOT like CANNOT express an interdiction must not ex 2 Mrs James is in hospital and HASN T BEEN ALLOWED TO have and NOT could have a cigarette after her meals correct 3 What s the difference between...

Dave I can understand the fact that you find this book you ve discovered fascinating It is difficult for me though to discuss grammar and or linguistics in depth with you In my opinion it is one thing to favour a certain approach to a topic after you have considered several different approaches...