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Vocabulary
Beginning trade talks
"On Monday it was reported that France favoured beginning trade talks in October, potentially breaking the deadlock over the timetable." (The Guardian.)
Is beginning a noun and trade talks its complement or is it a verb (ing-form) followed by its direct object in the sentence above?
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"trade talks" is the object of "beginning", but "beginning trade talks" (gerund phrase) behaves in the sentence as a noun, being the object of "favoured".
- "trade talks" is the object of "beginning", but "beginning trade talks" (gerund phrase) behaves in the sentence as a noun, being the object of "favoured".
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"trade talks" is the object of "beginning", but "beginning trade talks" (gerund phrase) behaves in the sentence as a noun, being the object of "favoured".
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