By Possessives, Gerunds

Here are some examples The main point is to explain the correct answerThe sentences are little-bit childisch ;they are some modified sentences. I am afraid that my explanations seems to be a little childisch, too. So please help me how to turn it into the right explanation. Mary was real angry...

Anon, it's over four years since I read the first post in this thread; I really can't remember.But CB's example is worth noting:MrP

the second one is the correct sentence. WHISPERING is working as a gerung. Hence, it takes a noun position. Nouns are preceeded by possessives: the child´s.

Because we're both old-fashioned and see "joining" as the gerund that takes the possessive "your." What is being looked forward to is the JOINING.

It's not a matter of possessing the action. Not at all. It's simply a grammatical device for giving the action a subject, that is, a way of showing who is performing the action. But if the subject of the gerund is the same as the subject of the clause it is contained in, the...

Hi, I have some questions about placing a possessive pronoun in front of a gerund. Please help. He loves meeting his friends. Sentence leading to my questions:I think the 'meeting her friends' is gerund. Although the context would be awkward, would I be able to place a possessive...

Hi Cogar, Use the possessive with the -ing, absolutely! (I'm afraid to say gerund or present participle anymore - discussed this yesterday with CJ - see Him doing and His doing in General English Grammar) But you'd say, "I am referring to the Friday afternoon meeting this...

Gramatical terminology varies from country to country and I have never heard some of the terms in your list. However, as I see it, most - if not all - of your answers are probably correct. I have never heard of "regular adjectives" but sunny certainly is an adjective....

.1.-- I would guess that there are several ways to approach this; here's mine: I - Subject got - verb used - predicate adjectiveto - preposition your - possessive adjective being - gerund (object of preposition) here - noun complement 2. Is 'used to' a prepositional verb?-- No, it...

Anonymous wrote: So was the rule every stated Hello Anon, A noun when placed before a gerund can be in the possessive case, provided that the action in the gerund relates to the noun, e.g. 1. Anderson's bowling isn't as good as his batting. 2. I don't like his singing. A possessive...