Alex: Here's a bit more explaination on Mr. M's valour Your speaking German is cute. Speaking is a gerund, and the subject (singular) in the sentence. Your can be interpreted as either the subject of the gerund, or the possessive

1) I like italian food. She likes (Italian food) too. NOUN OR PRONOUN 'IT' REQUIRED. You can simply say "She does, too." You cannot say "like" without an object ("it"), but you can remove "like" and

That changed with the arrival of wholesale fund ing , includ ing securitisation , and this reached £650bn in lending by 2007. funding is only marginally a gerund. I would consider it an ordinary noun in this sentence. Finnish grammar of

hi cb, its me again! how do you feel about possessives before a gerund? "John's singing bothered me". You are constantly told that the possessive should be used before a gerund(unless you are saying something weird and you wish to

Hi, Thank you. You said: The speaking of English is easy. (A verbal noun and because speaking is a noun, the is posible before it. Even an adjectival attribute can be used: The correct speaking of English is easy. ) Speaking English is easy. (A

Why do you think RayH seemed to have said this has to be "the fearful wailing"? 1)He heard a fearful wailing of a dog I think he said it has to be: 2)He heard the fearful wailing of a dog I think RayH is correct but I also think no. 1

You wrote: To hear is an infinitive, in other words, a verb, not a noun or a pronoun. Is an infinitive really a verb? Does that mean a gerund is a verb too? I know an infintive like the one you used and a gerund act as a noun. Please read my

I am not sure if the following answers your question but I'll say it anyway. Some grammarians don't distinguish between verbal nouns (= complete nouns formed from verbs with the ing ending) and gerunds (= words that are neither verbs nor

Dear teachers , I read an article written in English on education , and I don't understand the noun " charges " in the sentence below: " Overcrowded classrooms also mean that students will have little chance to practise

Hi, #1. Since accent is a countable noun, we need 'a' for both heavy accent and heavier accent . #2. I prefer 'hesitancy in responding' . Besides the above comments, both sentences have a run-on problem. There are more than one way