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Lucus Ong Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

After+ gerund and after +noun

I actually don't know when should I put a noun after the word"after" when should I put gerund after the word"after".

Thess are some of the examples.
after eruption and after erupting.
after graduation and after graduating
after enjoying sth and after enjoyment of something

Many thanks in advance
  

Top answer

It depends entirely on the context: After erupting, Mt. St. Helen's continued smoking for days.

  • It depends entirely on the context: After erupting, Mt.
  • St.
  • Helen's continued smoking for days.
  • After the eruption of Mt.
  • St.
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It depends entirely on the context:

After erupting, Mt. St. Helen's continued smoking for days.

After the eruption of Mt. St. Helen's, observers stayed on for days.

After graduation only a minority of the students continued their education.

After graduating from high school, Mary continued at the university to get a degree in science.

If you give some
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I some time to think for it.
I actually have no any ideas about it right now.
Because nobody teach us it in the school.
in the school,what we learn about English it 's limited.

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