By Translation, Gerunds

Hi everyoneI just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far:Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived as...

As in Clive's colorful example, it definitely indicates the future, and usually the immediate future at that. Perhaps a better translation would be "I'm about to." And I believe it's more usually paired with --- is it simple present? -- than the gerund, although nobody's exactly counting...

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...

aiming at the description of translating and translations ‘‘as they manifest themselves in the world of our experience’’OK. Now I see more clearly what you're asking. One of the meanings of the true noun is basically the same as the meaning of the gerund. The other meaning of the true noun...

CalifJim wrote:I'm assuming that you are talking about cases where both are used as nouns: a true noun (translation) and a gerund (translating)......... ......... Yes, that's exactly the answer I was seeking. Thank you!

I'm assuming that you are talking about cases where both are used as nouns: a true noun (translation) and a gerund (translating). Whether it's a major or minor mistake to mix them depends on the verb from which the nouns are derived. Sometimes the meanings are very close; sometimes they...

[ As a former ESL learner, I think my personal learning experience qualifies me to offer this perspective. I really don’t think majority of the foreign English learners learn their grammar through substandard grammar books. I think the difference is in the interpretation and teaching method of...

Then what about these sentences, pacoWhat do you mean by "Then what about these sentences, paco?" Do you want to say you don’t agree to what I wrote previously? I wrote just what CGEL and my another grammar book are saying. If you don't like to believe them, I don’t mind it. What I would like...

Hello CJ The term 'gerund-originated present participle' is my translation of a Japanese phrase I found in an English grammar dictionary written in Japanese. The OED gives an explanation as below, but regrettably it doesn't give a particular name to this kind of present participle. The...

I'm not sure whether the 'possessive + gerund' structure was preferred by English teachers, when native grammar was taught to the natives. I suspect that it was, if only because Fowler devotes so much space to it. But I would guess that most of those who produce written BrE for public consumption...