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Re: A sequel to an article before a gerund question

<<I think making instances (that is "separate occurances") is what has been done for these sentences I copied>>I agree.This is not official, but to me, where the object of "playing" is uncountable, then so is "playing." "I spent the afternoon...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Avangi 65 days ago Articles Dates Gerunds Universities
Re: He insisted on my/me singing a song.

Grammar Geek wrote:Singing is a gerund, a noun, so it takes the possessive my. This is rather peculiar, I think. I have encountered the same thing on these forums many times. Native speakers say: "A gerund is a noun." Do they teach it that way in American schools and universities? Grammatical...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Cool Breeze 236 days ago Grammar Verbs Possessives Prepositions Nouns Pronouns Gerunds Universities English grammar Genitives Speaking English
Re: some questions including use of colon

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...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Clive 1 yr 14 days ago Verbs Plurals Nouns Gerunds Universities Uncountable nouns Countable nouns
Re: I am looking forward to see/seeing him.

Thanks Spectacled-Girl for your prompt reply. In A Practical English Grammar by Oxford University Press topic No. 98, it is said "Verb placed immediately after the preposition must be in the gerund form." e.g. He left without paying his bill. I am looking forward to seeing him.

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Bird Of Paradise 1 yr 79 days ago Grammar Verbs Prepositions Gerunds Universities English grammar
Re: rather than

Goodman wrote: In the “rather than” context, we can use either one. Semantically, gerund usually goes better with "rather than". "Rather than just touching up, I ended up painting the entire room. Rather than just to touch up, I ended up painting the entire room Both are fine, But the first...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Lcchang 1 yr 87 days ago Gerunds Universities
Re: correction 28

If you place a word in parentheses, Vincent, then you are indicating that it is optional-- and indeed, (the) is optional in your sentence.My job here is to give learners good, unequivocal usage information, not to open my heart to all forms of use. Your quotes above, Goodman, are from casual and...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Mister Micawber 1 yr 91 days ago Prepositions Nouns Pronouns Gerunds Universities

Re: Answers in a questionnaire

Pastsimple wrote:Hi,one of the questions you can often find in a questionnaire is "What is your greatest achievement?" People use different grammar structures/tenses etc. when they're answering, e.g.:gerund: losing weight / surviving a tough childhood / etc...present perfect: (that) I've lost...

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Goodman 1 yr 312 days ago

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Re: Answers in a questionnaire

Hi, one of the questions you can often find in a questionnaire is "What is your greatest achievement?" People use different grammar structures/tenses etc. when they're answering, e.g.:gerund: losing weight / surviving a tough childhood / etc...present perfect: (that) I've lost weight / (that)...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Clive 1 yr 312 days ago Grammar Tenses Past perfect Gerunds Universities Present perfect Past simple
Answers in a questionnaire

Hi,one of the questions you can often find in a questionnaire is "What is your greatest achievement?" People use different grammar structures/tenses etc. when they're answering, e.g.:gerund: losing weight / surviving a tough childhood / etc...present perfect: (that) I've lost weight / (that)...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Pastsimple 1 yr 312 days ago Grammar Tenses Past perfect Gerunds Universities Present perfect Past simple Conditionals
Re: to verb vs ing

J Lewis wrote:CB, I've never heard "to see is to believe" or "My hobby is to fish"!Lewis, with respect, it's not my fault. A Google search gave me 35 500 hits for "to see is to believe". I didn't really need to do the search for myself The use of the infinitive and the gerund was taught to me at...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Cool Breeze 1 yr 330 days ago Grammar Verbs Gerunds Universities English grammar