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Tkacka15 Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Avoiding getting caught

He is adept at avoiding getting caught.

Is avoiding getting caught a verb phrase with the passive complement getting caught in it?

  

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"avoiding getting caught" is a gerund phrase, the object of "at". "getting caught" is an embedded gerund phrase, the object of "avoiding".

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  • "avoiding getting caught" is a gerund phrase, the object of "at".
  • "getting caught" is an embedded gerund phrase, the object of "avoiding".
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"avoiding getting caught" is a gerund phrase, the object of "at". "getting caught" is an embedded gerund phrase, the object of "avoiding".

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