By Uncountable nouns, Gerunds

Hi,Something seems amiss in the category structure. My understanding used to be that the dictionary entry for a verb begins with the (bare) infinitive, and is typically followed by the present and past participles, and then the present 3rd person singular, or something like that. I always...

Hi, It has been known to me that a gerund can function as a noun and should or likely to be treated more as an uncountable noun than a countable noun. Mixing of sugar and flour makes this dough ... If you want to be specific, I think you could write: The mixing of sugar and flour makes this...

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...

The only thing that can come after a preposition to form a prepositional phrase is a noun phrase, usually a noun accompanied by its preceding determiner and perhaps an adjective. A relative clause may be added. The noun itself may be a gerund. If the element after the candidate for a...

Thank you, CalifJim. I am going to give you four sentences that have a preposition followed by what looks to be a noun equivalent. Can you please tell me if these are illustrations of your points that you made above? Are they all correct noun equivalents? 1.He is displeased with filling...

CalifJim wrote:Gerunds can be treated as countable or non-countable, the same as other nouns. It seems to me that as non-countables they are generally taken more abstractly. Thank you, CalifJim. I am going to give you four sentences that have a preposition followed by what looks to be a noun...

Hi, After a fake academic degree scandal of Ms.Shin, a former professor at Dongguk University, is exposed, a continual coming out of celebrities’ ‘fake degree’ is following like domino effect : Ms.Yun’s confession that she hasn’t attended Ewha Univ. is also one of the case. What is the...

Thank you, Clive. What is the difference, if any, between using "a continual coming out" and "a continual 'outing'" in terms of structural correctness, not considering its grammatical or semantical correctness? Can we say "a continual coming out" as a countable noun (sense), not it to mean...

Thank you, all. You said, "Gerunds can be treated as countable and non-countable, the same as other nouns." OK, can you apply similar or the same reasoning for a quoted content (or not quoted but in parentheses -- for special treatment, I guess, if that is possible) like this: Is there a...

1. Here is a sentence from the key "But I hope you know what you're doing" I'm wondering... Can we say "I'm hoping" or rather not? and is it totally incorrect or in other contexts it would be ok? Grammatically it's okay, but "I hope" sounds more natural to me at the moment. 2. Just tell me if I'm...