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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

'forgive' immediately followed by a gerund

Hi,

Query#1:
Consider the following example:
  • I can forgive being a little bit annoying if one is cute.
Is it correct English?

Could you please give more more examples similar to this one?
I mean I am looking for examples where there is no pronoun between 'forgive' and the gerund ("being...")

Query#2:
Are there any differences between, e.g.
  • "forgive me for being late" and
  • "forgive my being late"?
The latter is just way more formal?

thank you!

mus-te
  

Top answer

Query#1: Consider the following example: I can forgive being a little bit annoying if one is cute. ' Could you please give more more examples similar to this one? ")-- Unless the pronoun or noun subject is there, it sounds odd—unless the subject is very general.

— Mister Micawber

  • Query#1: Consider the following example: I can forgive being a little bit annoying if one is cute.
  • ' Could you please give more more examples similar to this one?
  • ")-- Unless the pronoun or noun subject is there, it sounds odd—unless the subject is very general.
  • g.
  • "forgive me for being late" "forgive my being late"?
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Query#1:
Consider the following example:
  • I can forgive being a little bit annoying if one is cute.
Is it correct English?-- Yes, but rather awkward, as 'being' often is: 'I can forgive the irritation if she's cute.'

Could you please give more more examples similar to this one? I mean I am looking for examples where there is no pronoun between 'forg
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