Jaleel.nt, in the first instance, we deal with a phenomenon that is conventionally known as a passive gerund ; the whole clause with being... can be substituted with a noun phrase, eg, ...this award . Therefore, we refer to being... as a nominal

" I know that you've both had a lot of fun these last two years on the campaign trail, going to picnics , and parades and state fairs, eating all sorts of junk food your mother and I probably shouldn't have let you have. "

Hi, Should I add a comma before "commemorating"? Or change the word order? I´m not sure if the sentence is clear: There is a monument to this patriot near Stirling commemorating his brave deeds. The two -ing's close together are

Should I add a comma before "commemorating"? Or change the word order? I´m not sure if the sentence is clear: There is a monument to this patriot near Stirling commemorating his brave deeds. Thank you for your opinion.

Hi, Different, and hence conflictual, they are, especially in the present case, as they have irreconcilable principles. I have separated conflictual and different with commas to precise that I only refer to the former when I mention

Hi, Is this sentence correct? Do I use do or does 'Vincent' is third person singular, so say 'does' . (eg I do chores, you do chores, he/she/it does chores) and do I put a comma after "chores" Yes and a question mark?

(Again, I should emphasise that these are just my personal views. Some of the questions have no "right" and "wrong" answers, and other people may have different opinions.) 1. Sitting at my writing desk placed right-hand side

Hi, Really, I think ' is the main clause, and '(that) these foods are not soft enough for me' is a subordinate noun clause. We can see that clearly in option (c). 1. These foods are not soft enough for me, I think. This word

Hi, Thus it explained spelling, grammar, phonetics, and usage much more extensively than would a dictionary for native English speakers. Do you think the above sentence is correct? Should it be written as: Thus it explained... than a dictionary

I however think that using correct grammar is important. My main problem with your sentence is that I don't think I'd choose to use that word order at all unless I wanted to emphasize the difference of opinion between "I" and whoever I disagree