In Phrasal verbs^x, Gerunds^x, Clauses^x

Let's take this one step at a time:We listen to Fagin. --> This is a complete sentence (main clause); "listen to" is the phrasal verb, and Fagin is the object.But could Fagin be doing? talking, screaming, yelling, running, and so on. For example:Fagin's loud talking drove...

1. Noun or noun phrase - yes: 'I ate a (big ham) sandwich.' 2. Pronoun - yes: 'I erased him.' 3. Prepositional phrase - no, not really: in 'I looked at his girlfriend', '(his) girlfriend' is considered the direct object, with the particular verb requiring the preposition (a phrasal verb). A...