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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

English grammar

Is this correctly said? ''I remember those moments when you sang instead of talking; when you danced instead of walking.''
I feel like that past + gerund is a bit off, but I cannot come with better alternatives.
Is it correct like that?
  

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Anonymous I feel like that past + gerund is a bit off It's not off. After a preposition (( instead) of ) you have no other choice but to use the -ing form if you want a verb there. instead of going; instead of singing; instead of jumping; instead of drinking; ...

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous I feel like that past + gerund is a bit off It's not off.
  • After a preposition (( instead) of ) you have no other choice but to use the -ing form if you want a verb there.
  • instead of going; instead of singing; instead of jumping; instead of drinking; ...
  • Gerunds have no tense; that is, they are non-finite forms.
  • That means they have nothing to do with present tense or past tense or any tense, and they can be used no matter what tense is used in the same sentence.
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AnonymousI feel like that past + gerund is a bit off
It's not off. After a preposition ((instead) of) you have no other choice but to use the -ing form if you want a verb there.

instead of going; instead of singing; instead of jumping; instead of drinking; ...

Gerunds have no tense; that is, they are non-finite forms. T
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