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Whispering Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

About grammar in several sentences?

Hello. I wonder if the following sentence is grammatically correct.

I'm glad for students winning the award.

And what if replace "students" by
a) students'
b) you
  

Top answer

I'm happy for (the) students (who are) winning the award. It is very bad style because of the ambiguity. For clarity, I would not omit the relative pronoun and helping verb.

— AlpheccaStars

  • I'm happy for (the) students (who are) winning the award.
  • It is very bad style because of the ambiguity.
  • For clarity, I would not omit the relative pronoun and helping verb.
  • I would also not omit the definite article.
  • You: For pronouns, use a full clause that complements the adjective.
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I'm happy for (the) students (who are) winning the award.

It is very bad style because of the ambiguity.
For clarity, I would not omit the relative pronoun and helping verb.
I would also not omit the definite article.

You: For pronouns, use a full clause that complements the adjective.
I'm glad that you are winning the award.
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Thanks for your kind answer, AlpheccaStars.
AlpheccaStarsI'm glad that you are winning the award.
It seems to me that this could only be used when the action of winning happens. Suppose I meet a friend months later but still want to congratulate his winning. Is it of good style to say

"I'm glad for your winning that award"?

(Of course, I can sa
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whispering"I'm glad for your winning that award"?
it is grammatical, but not natural. Native speakers would not phrase the idea that way.
whisperingIt seems to me that this could only be used when the action of winning happens.
Quite right. The winning is in progress, but not yet assured.
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'I'm glad you have won that award' must be more natural way of saying it.
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linguist27'I'm glad you have won that award' must be the more natural way of saying it.
See the correction. The simple past would be used if the event happened some time ago.
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AlpheccaStarsit is grammatical, but not natural. Native speakers would not phrase the idea that way.
But this would also be common

Your winning the award made me so happy!

This focuses on the idea that you (not someone else) won the award, and that is the reason I am happy.
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Exactly. You would say this sentence after a month when you meet that person accordingly.
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This is common but it's vernacular usage of the English language. Personally i would say ''I am glad of the chance to hear that you won the award!
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linguist27Personally i would say ''I am glad of the chance to hear that you won the award!
But that changes the meaning of the poster's original sentence.

Please, if you are going to reply here, make sure your grammar is correct.
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Thanks for your clarifying discussion.
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