It seems that the gerund isn't taught in schools in America anymore; young people don't know what it is while older people and the better educated do. What I find curious is that the English now never use a gerund. It's a very useful

His favorite sport, skiing, was difficult to pursue while he was stationed in Hawaii.

Hi A-stars, That's interesting. In my idiolect, it's normal to say My father hates me to play a video game. but it's not considered good English to say My father hates for me to play a video game. I wonder if this is

Any Native speaker, who speak British Engilsh, could give me any comments? I would like to confirm this statement. I can't speak for the Brits but I would be surprised if their usage is substantially different from AmE usage. v. ,

Hi GG Do the examples in #1 sound odd to you? 1. be done doing (something) => be finished doing (something) To me, these can be used in the sense that the doing of something is complete or at an end, and to me the following sentences would be

Hi. 1. I think I have asked a similar question as part of a thread but since I could not find it, I have decided to start a new thread. Let us try to adjectives like "vibrant" in front of the names of countries, cities and streets.

Hi Angelista, 1. Martha was here at noon. She told me about their plans. The first sentence suggests that Martha is not here anymore, otherwise we would say "Martha has been here since noon", or even "Martha arrived at noon/

Chicago Manual http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/ says: 5.2 Schools of thought There are many schools of grammatical thought — and differing vocabularies for describing grammar. Grammatical theories are in flux, and the more we learn,

Your information is right, Avangi, but the terminology sounds odd to me. You can't call a participle a gerund.. I agree, it seems that there is quite a bit of confusion on present particples and gerunds. Although the same " ING for of

You will not find the subject in a modifying phrase (MP), a phrase that starts with a preposition, a gerund, or a relative pronoun and that modifies the meaning of the noun or subject under discussion. The group of students is going on a field