By Sentence structures, Gerunds

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<<<<Such concepts as tense, gerund, participle, clause (and classification thereof) are wihtout a slightest doubt useful and sometimes even essential to the learning of English (at least, this is so for me). <<<Furthermore, I try to undrstand things logically and find...

Miche wrote:Hi, JT. I can see you don't like rules much and I agree with you. Rules are too restrictive, hamper one's "feeling" the language and deprive him/her of the pleasure of speaking the language. That is a major problem with English learners in my country - they can recite mile-long lists...

1.The definition of a Gerund is the name given to the -ing form of the verb when it serves as a noun. But my question is how about if this verb also can be noun? LIke the word "play" , it can be a verb, but also can be a noun. So when it serves as a noun, do we still need to add -ing after that...

Tobias wrote:I have a question about two sentences. Half the students misbehaved, including going to karaoke bars. The outer layer is removed, resulting in white rice. Why do the highlighted verbs here need to be gerunds? Thanks very much for your comments. T. Tobias, This type of sentence...

I had a similar discussion with a teacher on line regarding this type of sentence structure sometime ago. If I said “He has saved for year hoping to start his own business”. Would you say this is a similar sentence structure as “He spent years training himself to write”? If you agree, then I...

NaOH wrote:" we really appreciate you coming down here." i kind of have a feeling that instead of using 'you' we can use 'your' as well. a quick remark on the sentence structure will also be very helpful.In this sentence, the gerund 'coming' is used as a noun and requires a possessive adjective,...

There are two types of sentence structure here. 1. Our commitment is to ..... 2. We are committed to ..... For the 1. After the verb to be ' is ' is supposed to be a noun, so ' to improve ' fits in well. Since ' to + infinitive ' form a noun phrase. For the 2. " to " is a preposition, so...

I know Troy I just meant to say ' I am accustomed to the cold ' is right whereas ... to being cold is not. Because based on the sentence structure we either use ' noun ' or ' gerund ' after accustomed to but while ' being ' is used it serves as a gerund in the passive form followed by a past...