By Spelling, Gerunds

.Well, the spelling of both would be equally wrong. Collapse vs collapsing here would mean virtually the same thing, though the writer might be accentuating the action by using the gerund.

Thnak you . and I'm sorry again for the spelling. Question about recive a notification: Why I couldn't recive a notification in my email for reply?

A gerund acts like a noun; a participle acts like an adjective.Rolling in the dirt was a favorite pastime for our new puppy.A rolling stone gathers no moss.Nader: You're doing it again. The word is what, not waht. Please be more careful with your spelling!!!CJ

Hello Sunilghai-- and welcome to English Forums. You can start your English learning by spelling properly: the word is spelt 'people'.1) "Like most of the peoples who shifted to Delhi rather than been born here." -- This phrase is incorrect; it should read 'like most of the people who moved to...

For a participle, think adjective, think -ing (present participle) or -ed or -en or -n (past participle). For a gerund, think noun; think -ing. a thundering voice. (adjective, present participle) a closed door (adjective, past participle) a hidden motive (adjective, past...

à I need some corrections in these sentences. The first two ones are from a grammar book but the book gave the simple gerund as an answer and I think that without context my option could be right: He denied having been driving (driving) so fast. He denied having broken (breaking) into the...

Thanks. I hadn't thought of checking the OED on a grammatical point. As I don't have the Chicago Manual of Style or any similar American reference work near to hand, I did a quick Internet search ("Chicago Manual of Style" + gerund + possessive) to see if I could find anything citing the...

Ooh, yes, very nice addition, and it fits well with the ambiguity notion. If a speaker wants to express two thoughts: tense + tense, wherein 'tense' refers to a subject+verb structure, and the subject in the lesser clause is the same as the subject in the main clause, then as a means of...

Andrei, Nice theory, but I'm afraid it won't work! Let me explain. First of all, "I can't stand your being here." (or even "you are being here", if it were correct), is different from "you are a being a teacher" (which isn't 100% correct either). In English, the use of the verb "to be" in...

Hello, mona The real grammarians out there must be busy trying to think of more rules to make our lives miserable. ~laughs~ I don't think I can help you with all of it, but I'll do what I can. and I hope I've understood your question, to begin with. 1. The four prepositions can take a noun...