In Invitations^x, Gerunds^x

Hoa Thai wrote:Let's take a look at another sentence:John likes to hunt, skydive, and play tennis at a small club in his neighborhood everyday. Hi Hoa, I'm assuming by "context sensitive" you mean the construction of the sentence alone cannot determine which modifiers go with which gerunds,...

There are only a limited number of abstract nouns for which this pattern applies. From the examples below, you can pretty much guess the kind of noun that is needed. The "of ---ing" phrase forms an appositive to the noun in question. Among the possibilities are "habit", "custom", "tradition",...