Re: Gerund after prepositions.

Goodman — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 16:42:20 GMT

Nomad04 wrote:

Hi, all.
Could you please check the following sentences up?
Are they OK?

1) Can we rely on his installing all our equipment correctly?
2) I object to his installing our equipment.
3) The success of our project absolutely depend on her reacting to our proposal.

4) Situation: A candidate is waiting for the result of the first job interview and he speaks:
If I had known that I had passed the interview, I should have begun preparing for the second one.
or
If I had known that I've passed the interview, I should have begun preparing for the second one.

Thanks in advance.

Welcome Nomad,

1) Can we rely on his installing all our equipment correctly? Not quite! How about: Can we rely on him to correctly install our equipment ?

2) I object to his installing our equipment. I object to having him to install our equipment.
3) The success of our project absolutely depend[s] on her reacting to our proposal. The structure looks fine, but not sure if I understand the context.

4) Situation: A candidate is waiting for the result of the first job interview and he speaks:
If I knew had known that I had passed the interview, I would should have begun preparing for the second one.
For # 4, a simple past tense will be sufficient.

Same context: If I had enough money, I would have bought the Ipod for her birthday.

Hope that helps!

Gerund after prepositions.

Nomad04 — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:47:24 GMT

Hi, all.
Could you please check the following sentences up?
Are they OK?

1) Can we rely on his installing all our equipment correctly?
2) I object to his installing our equipment.
3) The success of our project absolutely depend on her reacting to our proposal.

4) Situation: A candidate is waiting for the result of the first job interview and he speaks:
If I had known that I had passed the interview, I should have begun preparing for the second one.
or
If I had known that I've passed the interview, I should have begun preparing for the second one.

Thanks in advance.

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Gerund after prepositions.