By Whom, Gerunds

Here are some examples The main point is to explain the correct answerThe sentences are little-bit childisch ;they are some modified sentences. I am afraid that my explanations seems to be a little childisch, too. So please help me how to turn it into the right explanation. Mary was real angry...

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SHALL AND WILL IT is unfortunate that the idiomatic use, while it comes by nature to southern Englishmen (who will find most of this section superfluous), is so complicated that those who are not to the manner born can hardly acquire it; and for them the section is in danger of being...

MrPedantic wrote: Alexa For Australia wrote: But apparently believing quite the contrary is a sin of some kind; otherwise, why is everyone attacking Stannum's point of view and person in such an awful way? No one is forced to contribute to Controversial Subjects; but if you do...

As a native, I have a hard time saying what's the most difficult aspect to master, but from this forum, I can tell you that it seems the most difficult concept for English learners is which prepositions to use. It seems completely arbitrary, and even among the natives, there is disagreement on...

"We must stop him doing that" – now you mention it, yes. I hadn't even noticed. (I know I would say 'prevent him from doing'; but 'stop from'? I don't know whether I do or not. Will have to catch myself unawares.) We're also losing 'against', in 'appeal/protest against a decision'; though I...

Paco, I too was taught the "one's doing" formulation in the sixties and have never stopped using it, and neither have any of my friends and family whom I consider careful speakers of English. I have also found it to be universally followed in American formal writing (anything from newspapers to...

I cannot think of a context in which an educated speaker in the US would ever use anything other than a possessive with a gerund. (In the first example “The teacher disliked the child whispering …” “whispering” is used as a participle, not a gerund.) I have often been perplexed to see an...

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...