By Gerunds, Colons

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 sentence by using the...

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...

Good luck with the fundraising Here's a couple bacteriologists, containerboards, discourageable, rebroadcasting, ribonucleosides, ribonucleotides, subdistrictingantiobscenities, bacteriologies, bacteriologist, biconditionals, containerboard, contrabandists, counterordering, crossbreeding,...

Yes! With that colon, I wouldn't be confused at all. Anyway, thank you, everyone. And one more question. How do you native people speakers sense the difference between these? 1:True listening is being open to something new. 2:True listening is to be open to something...

Yes, I'd say a gerund too; the "it is X" phrase can take a colon ("it is: X"): "True listening is: being open to something new without interpreting it through our past conditioning or being overly affected by our own thoughts of the event." MrP

Humm.. your questions are always tough. 1. Welcome to Oil shock 2005: the spot price of crude oil hit $68 last Thursday before easing slightly the following day.chemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />>>I can't give any definition to "Welcome to Oil shock 2005". To me this seems an independent...

Hey, Blitz! Long time no see. Fine, thanks - how about you? I'm going to have to build in a little context here: {Dream music and wavy screen indicative of a flashback} — Oh! Dr Blitz, I think we're losing him! — Quick, nurse! The resuscitation procedure! — It's no good, Dr Blitz! He's...