I have doubts about which verb tense should I I should use in these situations: ... Why should I use the -ing form in the first case and the infinitive in the second case? By doing so, you are merely following the usual conventions of English. It

Jaleel.nt, in the first instance, we deal with a phenomenon that is conventionally known as a passive gerund ; the whole clause with being... can be substituted with a noun phrase, eg, ...this award . Therefore, we refer to being... as a nominal

"I was sitting at the table eating a honeycomb. Is eating a honeycomb a gerund (noun) or a participle (adjective)? Should it be set off with a comma after table ? If so, why? It is certainly not a noun. It is a participle. A comma is not

"I was sitting at the table eating a honeycomb. Is eating a honeycomb a gerund (noun) or a participle (adjective)? Should it be set off with a comma after table ? If so, why?

Summer pinned the fish to the ground, using both hands , so it couldn’t slither away. I believe this sentence has too many commas. So is a conjunction, thus crying out for a comma to come before it. Using both hands , however, is a mystery to me.

In a grammar book, it states this, but I am somewhat confused. Isn't noun a person, place, or thing? (P.S do I have to add a comma before 'or' in the sentence above?) Can someone explain how gerunds and infinitives can be used as

Hi, I have doubts about the use of comma to suppress part of the phrase. Is the following sentence correct? "A scar is noted, improving since the last visit" I don't know what you mean by 'suppress'.

I'm really no authority on this, but I'll give it a try, in case no one else shows. << The objective of this thesis was a thorough analysis >> This seems strange to me, since the thesis is eternal, so to speak. I could

Hi. You referenced: Gerunds are used to describe an "actual, vivid, or fulfilled action" whereas infinitives are better used to describe "potential, hypothetical, or future events" (Frodesen & Eyring) I thought a

Thanks, very useful. I was unaware of participle phrases/clauses being used in this way: two things happening at once. The advisor urged us to be sensitive to our neighbours. The advisor implied that we might offend someone verbally. The advisor