http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aGerunds+tag%3aPrepositions+tag%3aPluralsSearch results for 'tag:Gerunds tag:Prepositions tag:Plurals' matching tags 'Gerunds', 'Prepositions', and 'Plurals'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PronounQuestion/hrjpz/post.htm#587508Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:16:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:587508califjim quote user Eddie88 Why is the rule that one is to use the possessive pronoun with a gerund quote Why is the rule that one is to use am with I and are with you Why is the rule to use this with singular nouns and these with plural nouns The rules are an attempt to summarize usage There is no reason why They re just rules And anyway you don t always have to use a possessive pronoun with a gerund Helen is annoyed by all that paper being on the kitchen table Few would write paper s Paul agrees to there being a policy established to control the price of coal Certainly not there s And you can use a pronoun in the objective case if you want to be less formal Tina appreciated him his helping her with the repairs quote user Eddie88 And can someone please explain when it is the objective case when there is preposition in the sentence quote I m not sure what you re asking but the objective case is used after a preposition with me for him without her from me to him etc quote user Eddie88 For example one is to use WHOM the objective case when a preosition is in the sentence quote As above with whom for whom without whom from whom etc These would be used in questions and in relative clauses With whom did you attend the play For whom are you waiting From whom did you receive that letter The man of whom I spoke yesterday has arrived Miss Thomas was the woman with whom Mr Sparks was dancing ___Constructions with whom are all rather formal CJ http://www.englishforums.com/English/MistakesMadeChineseLearners/zqpbx/post.htmMon, 14 Apr 2008 14:30:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:500579anonymous Hi everyoneI just wondered if anyone could help I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English completely made up In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2 I have got so far Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived as rude inconsiderate more serious transfer may affect comprehensiveness No inflections in L1 tenses difficult to learn in L2 as L1 has no true tenses and concept of time is expressed by adverbs implicit or contextual assumptions Difficulty distinguishing r amp Does anyone know why this is as I can t find a reason Prepositions such as on in amp at have one chinese translation in many contexts zai may be confused resulting in phrases such as on Taiwan instead of in Taiwan Use of awkward gerunds e g no noising excessive use of verbs ending in ing e g do not climbing confusion of ed amp ing verbs e g i am bored vs i am boring all of these errors occur because verbs are not conjugated in chinese for tense or pronoun No equivalent word for the so may be used excessively when not needed e g The China or missed out when needed May also be confused with a an Confusion over countable and uncountable nouns use of how much vs how many leads to phrases such as I want a soup amp a lot of shoe This is due to there not being plurals in chinese no inflections Switching between he amp she Does anyone know why this is If anyone can think of anymore it would be greatly appreciated or if anyone knows the answers to my questions about gender switching and distinguishing r amp this would also help a lot Thank you in advance Shannon http://www.englishforums.com/English/PartSpeechIdentification/zrrhb/post.htmWed, 12 Sep 2007 20:22:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:417725eagerlearner 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 stanford parser at http nlp stanford edu 8080 parser index jspif you input convert kilometer to centimeterit gives convert VB kilometer NN to TO centimeter VBif you input convert 2 kilometers to centimeterit gives convert VB 2 CD kilometers NNS to TO centimeter NNYou can refer to the tagset below my question is is the first input grammatically correct if it s correct the part of speech given by the program seems to be incorrect becausethe centimeter should be noun instead of Verb or am I wrong If you add the 2 as the second input the program gives the correct part of speech tagging is it because my first input grammar is incorrect Thank you Reference1 CC Coordinating conjunction 25 TO to 2 CD Cardinal number 26 UH Interjection 3 DT Determiner 27 VB Verb base form 4 EX Existential there 28 VBD Verb past tense 5 FW Foreign word 29 VBG Verb gerund present participle 6 IN Preposition subord 30 VBN Verb past participle 218z conjunction 7 JJ Adjective 31 VBP Verb non 3rd ps sing present 8 JJR Adjective comparative 32 VBZ Verb 3rd ps sing present 9 JJS Adjective superlative 33 WDT wh determiner 10 LS List item marker 34 WP wh pronoun 11 MD Modal 35 WP Possessive wh pronoun 12 NN Noun singular or mass 36 WRB wh adverb 13 NNS Noun plural 37 Pound sign 14 NNP Proper noun singular 38 Dollar sign 15 NNPS Proper noun plural 39 Sentence final punctuation 16 PDT Predeterminer 40 Comma 17 POS Possessive ending 41 Colon semi colon 18 PRP Personal pronoun 42 Left bracket character 19 PP Possessive pronoun 43 Right bracket character 20 RB Adverb 44 Straight double quote 21 RBR Adverb comparative 45 Left open single quote 22 RBS Adverb superlative 46 Left open double quote 23 RP Particle 47 Right close single quote 24 SYM Symbol 48 Right close double quotehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PartSpeechIdentification/zrrgn/post.htmWed, 12 Sep 2007 20:16:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:417720anonymous 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 stanfard parser at http nlp stanford edu 8080 parser index jspif you input convert kilometer to centimeterit gives convert VB kilometer NN to TO centimeter VB if you input convert 2 kilometers to centimeterit gives convert VB 2 CD kilometers NNS to TO centimeter NN You can refer to the tagset below my question is is the first input setence correct if it s correct the part of speech given by the program seems to be incorrect becausethe centimeter should be noun instead of Verb or am I wrong If you add the 2 as the second input the program gives the correct part of speech tagging it it because my first input grammar is incorrect Thank you Reference1 CC Coordinating conjunction 25 TO to 2 CD Cardinal number 26 UH Interjection 3 DT Determiner 27 VB Verb base form 4 EX Existential there 28 VBD Verb past tense 5 FW Foreign word 29 VBG Verb gerund present participle 6 IN Preposition subord 30 VBN Verb past participle 218z conjunction 7 JJ Adjective 31 VBP Verb non 3rd ps sing present 8 JJR Adjective comparative 32 VBZ Verb 3rd ps sing present 9 JJS Adjective superlative 33 WDT wh determiner 10 LS List item marker 34 WP wh pronoun 11 MD Modal 35 WP Possessive wh pronoun 12 NN Noun singular or mass 36 WRB wh adverb 13 NNS Noun plural 37 Pound sign 14 NNP Proper noun singular 38 Dollar sign 15 NNPS Proper noun plural 39 Sentence final punctuation 16 PDT Predeterminer 40 Comma 17 POS Possessive ending 41 Colon semi colon 18 PRP Personal pronoun 42 Left bracket character 19 PP Possessive pronoun 43 Right bracket character 20 RB Adverb 44 Straight double quote 21 RBR Adverb comparative 45 Left open single quote 22 RBS Adverb superlative 46 Left open double quote 23 RP Particle 47 Right close single quote 24 SYM Symbol 48 Right close double quote http://www.englishforums.com/English/QuestionsAboutInfinitiveGerund-Participle/2/czghh/Post.htm#193467Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:22:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:193467goodmanInfinitive Hi for your questions I think some of them were formed rather awkwardly Anyhow I will try to offer my 2 cents 1 They are only too pleased to help you rather strange way of saying it This means they are more than happy to help you 2 I am never too busy to come It means I will find time to come busy or not 3 He intended to have gone abroad last year but his mother suddenly fell ill This means if not for his mother s illness he would have gone abroad last year But he didn t go for that reason 4 She is so foolish as to cry over a novel Yes this sentence is right It means she was emotionally overwhelmed by the novel 5 You had better have seen the doctor earlier The tone and tense are rather odd I would say You had better does not go with this context If I guess correctly do you mean to say you should have seen the doctor earlier 6 Student should form the good habit of consulting dictionary Infinitive is not preferred in this context but grammatically it sound acceptable But good habit is a noun which needs a preposition with a gerund to complete the sentence Compare the following 1 She has a routine of running for 30 minute in the morning before taking a shower 2 Her routine in the morning is to run for 30 minutes before taking a shower These two sentences basically correct in conveying the same idea but one uses gerund while the other in infinitive The difference is the context in which the idea id expressed Gerund 1 Tom s coming is correct 2 The surroundings is are beautiful Surrounding or setting typically is considered a collective noun Example The surrounding of this house is very tranquil with a view of lake and mountain However you will find surroundings used in a plural form with certain context This surrounding is beautiful Correct The findings is are useful Same explanation You will find surroundings used in a plural form with certain context 3 Battling the desert is the only way to avoid starvation correct but I would use way instead of chance to improve the context It s more correct to say The only way to avoid starvation is to battle the desert The only way of avoiding starvation is to battle the desert need the of to complete the sentence 4 Trees are cut for firewood leaving the soil against the elements erosion wind and rain Revised Trees are cut for commercial purpose leaving the soil exposed to the elements wing and rain 5 I hope you don t mind my looking at your newspaper This type o structure is very common I hope you don t mind this part is a complete sentence My looking at your newspaper is a participle clause describing the action More i e I caught him just in time saving the trouble to call him again She woke up early expecting her mother to arrive The bracketed segments are clauses which modify the preceding contents 6 We don t understand why you object to with us In order to understand why A is correct it s necessary for one to see that object to or subject to is always followed by a noun as in the schedule is subject o change In your question His coming is a present participle being used a noun Hope I have helped