I assume is followed by a noun (object of the preposition to). Yes, the gerund clause is itself the noun phrase that acts as the object of to . being is the gerund. there is the subject of the gerund (in the same sense that there is the subject

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

Hi. What is the difference? Your sentence: #1 After having read the recipe, she baked a cake. And this: #2 Having read the recipe, she baked a cake In sentence #1, having read the recipe is a gerund phrase (grammatically a

Ok. I understand the difference in theory, but it is still a little confusing for me... So in 'In spite of being cold, Sally wouldn't war a coat', the being is a gerund.  You said it functions as an object. Objects are nouns, noun

Whether you call it an estalishment of eating, or an eating establishment, the entire thing is a noun phrase. If for some reason a noun phrase doesn't end in a noun (although "eating" is a gerund, a verb that acts like a noun),

"Nominative" is the adjectival form of "noun." It doesn't get used very much on this site. I think I've seen MrP use it one time. It's always something of a tossup as to whether a "noun phrase"

Ephesians and the pastoral Epistles would be particularly resistant to a reading through the lens of liberation This is an entirely different grammatical construct. The phrases are (a reading) (through the lens) where reading is a gerund, and

<< What's stopping the pronoun being the object of the clause. >> I think this would only work as an appositive, but it would need a comma, and would make no sense contextually. What's stopping the truck, being more than

I'm a poor one to be answering this question. The phrases are participial phrases, "closing the door," and "changing your clothes," but both of these phrases function as object of the preposition. before the flood after the

(prepositional-gerund phrase) I had no idea such a thing existed. I think it's another example of the tail wagging the dog. Maybe CJ planted a seed earlier in the thread, mentioning an omitted "by." I didn't read it well and