Now I am curious... "Prices may vary depending on location" which is the example I tried to use as a parallel to the original question. I saw this usage quite a few times before at McDonalds as different stores have different pricing

<< Also depending on the occasion would be the shape of the cake. >> I've never considered the sentence wrong. I'm comfortable with atypical sentences. But I was embarrassed by the poster's question about the subject. Amy

Yes, a gerund: I like playing guitar. Playing guitar is a good hobby.

Hi, Many kind thanks in advance for anyone who can answer the following question. What part of speech is the word guitar in the sentence below: It's a noun, as you probably know. I like playing guitar. Is playing guitar a noun

Hello, Many kind thanks in advance for anyone who can answer the following question. What part of speech is the word guitar in the sentence below: I like playing guitar. Is playing guitar a noun phrase, and if so, what is that?

Hello everyone, I wish it would stop raining – I know ‘wish’ and ‘would’ are the key to the construction - but I don’t know what the tense is… Subject + wish + it (what is it?)+ would (modal auxiliary verb) + verb + gerund Hi, You

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

much absolutely cannot be used there. loud and great are not really idiomatic there, though with the addition of of , the use of loud is slightly less objectionable. The positioning of adjectives in front of gerund clauses is not often successful

Hi. Is it correct to put adjectives like "loud" or "great" or what looks to be a determiner (not sure, though) like "much" in front of a gerund clause? eg, His much/loud/great playing the violin in the early

The three glasses of wine led to his sleeping through the lecture. The wine led to sleep. The wine led to sleeping. (Both are correct.) The gerund acts as a noun - in these cases, object of the preposition, "to." The road leads to