Although a gerund acts like a noun, it isn't actually a noun. I guess 'during' is just very fussy You are right. But, a preposition is followed by gerund like a noun. "During" is a prepostion. Why only during cannot

(A)We stayed one night in this hotel while visiting Paris. (B) We stayed one night in this hotel during visiting Paris. I understand the sentence (B) is considered as incorrect. I also know "during" is followed by a noun and

...in fact it was the actions of the Organization... Here, the verb "was" is correct. ..., that was the main cause of the shortages. But here, the verb was should be were. I presume it is a It cleft sentences emphasizing "the

In following paragraph,which I quoted from the book, "Principles of economics", I think the verb in "that was the main" should be were not was. Am I right? The energy crisis of the 1970s, too, was blamed on nature's supply

Thank you, CB. By the way, are you a native speaker of English?

I found the following sentence on the internet. I wonder if the syntax is grammatically correct. However, the images tend to fade the longer they remain blind. I think it shall be "However, the longer they remain blind, the more the images

I know the difference in the meaning between "regret + gerund" and "regret + infinitive" (A) regret + doing: feel sorry about what I did in the past. (B) regret + to do: feel sorry about what I will do now. However, I

Thank you Philip. May I understand this way? He is less stupid than you think he is. -> offensive He is not as stupid as you think he is. -> less offensive He is smarter than you think he is. -> the least offensive

Dear Grammar Geek, Thank you for your answer. I am not asking how to change "less ~ than" structure to "not as ~ as" My question is; 1) "less ~ than" is not a good expression as the book says? (perhaps not generally

Thank you for your reply. However, as a foreigner learning English, I need a certain explanation why some sounds natural and others does not. Otherwise, it is very difficult for me to tell when I can use "less ~ than" and when I