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1- It must be hard, feeling so alone. (I think It can be rewritten as: Feeling so alone must be hard.)
2- It is a weird feeling, wearing her jacket. ( Rewritten version: Wearing her jacket is a weird feeling.)
3- It didn't seem crazy at the time, the idea of taking her. (Rewritten version: The idea of taking her didn't seem crazy at the time.)
Are all of these sentences above grammatical and idiomatic? Are "feeling" and "wearing" considered as a gerund in original versions?
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Do these sentences below mean the same as the original ones?
4- It must be hard to feel so alone.
5- It is a weird feeling to wear her jacket.
Top answer
Yes, informally (though gerund-participials), and yes. 1-3 are called 'right dislocation' constructions.
- Yes, informally (though gerund-participials), and yes.
- 1-3 are called 'right dislocation' constructions.
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Yes, informally (though gerund-participials), and yes.
1-3 are called 'right dislocation' constructions.
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