In Gerunds^x, Phrasal verbs^x, Direct objects^x

Thanks, AlpheccaStars. But the original (from an English magazine) omits "being," so I wonder whether it's better to have "being" or not. Btw, are there any differences between "he would end up stuck ..." and "he would be stuck ...?"

The correct form is "being stuck".The reason is that the phrasal verb "end up" needs a noun for a direct object.. "being" is a gerund, which is used as a noun. Examples from the dictionary are:He thought he'd end up living in the city. He ended up marrying his...

Let's take this one step at a time:We listen to Fagin. --> This is a complete sentence (main clause); "listen to" is the phrasal verb, and Fagin is the object.But could Fagin be doing? talking, screaming, yelling, running, and so on. For example:Fagin's loud talking drove...

.There must be some way to alert non-native speakers that native teachers of English and trained ESLs generally know what they are talking about.Did you read this thread, Anon? Do we really have to waste our energies repeating ourselves over and over?Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Sometimes I...

She glorified God by giving back to Him the very thing He desired. She: subjectglorified: verbGod: direct object by giving back to Him the very thing He desired: prepositional phrase, which modifies glorifiedgiving back: gerund (noun) from the phrasal verb to give back, which means to...

1. Noun or noun phrase - yes: 'I ate a (big ham) sandwich.' 2. Pronoun - yes: 'I erased him.' 3. Prepositional phrase - no, not really: in 'I looked at his girlfriend', '(his) girlfriend' is considered the direct object, with the particular verb requiring the preposition (a phrasal verb). A...