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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
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Concentrate with you looking over ~
I can't concentrate with you looking over my shoulder all the time.
Q) It's difficult for me to understand the structure of the sentence after "with you looking..."
What is "looking"? Is someting omitted there?
Q) It's difficult for me to understand the structure of the sentence after "with you looking..."
What is "looking"? Is someting omitted there?
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Good question. " We often use the possessive with these "-ing words" and call them gerunds. I can't sleep with your snoring.
- Good question.
- " We often use the possessive with these "-ing words" and call them gerunds.
- I can't sleep with your snoring.
- " "Your" is just a possessive adjective.
- " I think both are correct, although the grammars are different.
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Good question.
In my opinion, "looking" is just a present participle, and "looking over my shoulder all the time" is just a participial phrase modifying "you."
We often use the possessive with these "-ing words" and call them gerunds.
I can't sleep with your snoring. In this case, "snoring" is a gerund, and object of the preposition "with." "Your" is just a possessiv
In my opinion, "looking" is just a present participle, and "looking over my shoulder all the time" is just a participial phrase modifying "you."
We often use the possessive with these "-ing words" and call them gerunds.
I can't sleep with your snoring. In this case, "snoring" is a gerund, and object of the preposition "with." "Your" is just a possessiv
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