By Gerunds, Quotation marks

It seems Clive has been away for more than an hour, so I'll post a reply for you while you wait for his response.1. Do you feel "my going .." is grammatically correct? Yes.2. When you use the phrase like "I believe it was Spurgeon who said" and then follow that up with...

Thank you. Let me add some context to possibly make your job easier. In a material adapted from an address on prayer given by Rev. John S. Kimmons at the Embers to a Flame Conference in November 2006 titled "30 Days of Prayer for Church Renewal," in its Day 4 topic on Intercession, I...

Hi,I think I have seen more than enough cases where what people call a verbal noun has the indefinite article 'a' in front of it and at the very least, the sheer number (should it be - sheer numbrs??) of it warrants some good explanations from experts in this forum. I think I can laid out...

Hi, It has been known to me that a gerund can function as a noun and should or likely to be treated more as an uncountable noun than a countable noun. Mixing of sugar and flour makes this dough ... If you want to be specific, I think you could write: The mixing of sugar and flour makes this...

My head fell off days ago... 1. While eating, I fixed my bike. (conjunction with omitted subject and verb; i.e., While I was eating, I fixed my bike). 2. That's right. Having already eaten my lunch (event #1), I fixed my bike (event #2). 3. Well, er, um, given our original example though,...