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

Hi I was hoping someone might be able to help me with Gerunds and Infinatives, I cannot seem to get my head around them at all the more I read the more confused I get. I will put down a couple of examples with my answers on the first part if

Hi. Let us suppose that someone is trying to write classroom instructions. Would you provide some help on that? Would you say we can use the word "no" in front of a gerund phrase (I think it is) below? No playing the trumpet

Hello, friends. I have two doubs about the preposition TO. Doubt 1: - I am used to driving long distances. - They can go back to being friends. When exactly do we use gerund after the preposition TO? How do we know we have

Hi, It seems that you enjoy being called a windbag . (Should it be windbag or old windbag?)(What is the differences between windbag and old windbag?) 'Old' simply refers to the person's age or demeaour. It suggests you are old or

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

Talking quietly with your friends in the hallways might be a good idea. -- Preferable Before seriously considering whether to go ahead with the idea, think about this. -- OK talking with your friends Is this an infinite clause? -- No. An

Hi. Which do you think is correct? Or which is more preferable as the case might be? 1. Softly talking with your friends in the hallways might be a good idea. 2. Talking softly with your friends in the hallways might be a good idea.

A gerund is noun-like in function. A participle is a modifier. A participle can be a present participle or a past participle. Gerund: taking (used where a noun would be used in a sentence) Present participle: taking (used where a modifier would

Dear Friends, I wonder whether my intuition is correct: 'help in' is generally followed by the Gerund or some noun 'help with' is more frequently followed by some noun (rather than by the Gerund) Thank you for