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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Gerund

what is the object of the gerund "cooking" in the following sentence?
I found my sister reading.
  

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Hi, what is the object of the gerund "cooking" in the following sentence? I found my sister reading. I think you mean 'reading', not 'cooking'.

— Clive

  • Hi, what is the object of the gerund "cooking" in the following sentence?
  • I found my sister reading.
  • I think you mean 'reading', not 'cooking'.
  • It's not a gerund.
  • It's a present participle used as an adjective to describe 'sister'.
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Hi,

what is the object of the gerund "cooking" in the following sentence?

I found my sister reading.

I think you mean 'reading', not 'cooking'.
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