Hello everyone, I wish it would stop raining – I know ‘wish’ and ‘would’ are the key to the construction - but I don’t know what the tense is… Subject + wish + it (what is it?)+ would (modal auxiliary verb) + verb + gerund Hi, You

Hello everyone, Would anyone mind having a read through my answers below to see if i'm on the right tracks? I'm looking at the meaning/function and form of the sentence/underlined words! With many thanks!! Fiona is very

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

When we say 'his being' we are using 'his' as a possessive pronoun. This is tantamount to saying Bob's doing... (An apostrophe here indicates possessive). And whenever one uses such a construction, although one should try to

I´m afraid it IS wrong. "Spend time" can only be used in verb + gerund constructions or with further adverbial phrases. It´s a rule (it may change in the future, but for the moment, it sounds very wrong to a native ear any other way). It

"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

Is the proper construction "there being no..." or "their being no..."? "Being" is a gerund, so "their" strikes me as correct, but it does look a bit odd. Which is correct? Thanks.

Hello Everyone, I am still not 100% sure, so if you felt like it, would appreciate any further clarification, but if you feel that you have explained as much as you can, I understand: ""Sydney is the most beautiful city in the world and

" building cars is a very difficult task " What is a very difficult task? The subject of the sentence is "building cars" Let's look at it another way: The assembly process for cars is a difficult task. -> Process is

I'm not sure why use the verb gerund form of the verb is used . ... I wish I could get more familar with these 'gerund' or 'participle' concepts, and one day be able to use them correctly in my writings. Actually, it's a