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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Correct or not

I read this sentence and I want to know if it's ( grammarly ) correct or not

"How to protect your car from stealing"
  

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It is not a complete sentence, and its grammar is wrong. It should read: How to protect your car from being stolen

— Mister Micawber

  • It is not a complete sentence, and its grammar is wrong.
  • It should read: How to protect your car from being stolen
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It is not a complete sentence, and its grammar is wrong. It should read:

How to protect your car from being stolen
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can you pleas tell me what is the grammer role here
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You can say

"protect your car from theft"


but you can't say

"How to protect your car from stealing"

stealing = theft

so why ?

i'm sorry to bother but i'm not native speaker ,and i need to know .
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I suppose that 'stealing' as a gerund is not used there because of its confusion with the participle. 'Stealing' is not a noun we use much anyway...because we have 'theft'.

PS: 'grammarly' is not an English word.
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