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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Linguistics Studies

A gerund is equivalent to a folling noun

In the following sentence, the word 'of' to connect two equivalent phrases is omitted.

We can offer you a job (of) cleaning cars.


Is the omission like that permitted at every exam and is it quite the thing in the spoken English?

Can I take it the omission like that is the same as the 'a common noun plus a proper noun' pattern as in the follwing sentence.


I love this book 'Of Human Bondage' more than any other books.; There isn't a comma between a common noun and a proper noun.

(I really like the book and have read it three times until now.)
  

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We can offer you a job (of) cleaning cars. No, I don't see that. I don't understand the rest of your post.

— Mister Micawber

  • We can offer you a job (of) cleaning cars.
  • No, I don't see that.
  • I don't understand the rest of your post.
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park sang joonIn the following sentence, the word 'of' to connect two equivalent phrases is omitted.We can offer you a job (of) cleaning cars.
No, I don't see that.
I don't understand the rest of your post.
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Hi Mister Micawber!!
I'm so sorry for my poor English ;;
Do you agree with me about 'cleaning' being a gerund and about 'a job' and 'cleaning cars' being apposition?
Don't you agree with me about the word 'of' being omitted?
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You're right the 'of' is omitted. We can offer you a job cleaning cars. He took a job writing ads.
I don't see any similarity between this and your example about Of Human Bondage.
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Thank you oxfordenglish for your post.
I mean each of my two examples has none between a noun and a apposition:
they don't have a comma or the word 'or', and a definite word is following an indefinite word.
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I should have written 'an appositive', not 'a apposition'; my mistake, Sorry~.
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park sang joonWe can offer you a job (of) cleaning cars.
We can offer you a job cleaning cars.
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We can offer you the job of cleaning cars.
park sang joonI love this book 'Of Human Bondage'
No. This is a different case. "Of" belongs to the title, by the way; it's not part of the grammar of "of
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Thank you CalifJim for your specific account.
I will change the book of my example into "Gone with the Wind".
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I need your help !!!!!!!

I will clarify my point.

1) We can offer you a job (of) cleaning cars. --- without the word 'of'
2) I love this book 'Gone with the Wind' more than any other book. --- without a comma

I mean each of my two examples has none between a noun and a appositive:
they don't have a comma or the word 'or', and a
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park sang joonDon't you think the above two sentences have a similarity?
Yes, they are similar.

CJ
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Thank you Calif Jim your short but helpful reply.

Is there anyone else who has another opinion?
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