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Mello kun Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Gerund

I don't anticipate having any difficulties (adjust ) ____ to a different culture when I go abroad.

The answer in my book is "adjusting", but I don't understand why that is. Could you give an explanation for the question ?
  

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Hello, I think "adjusting" is a participle in your sentence, not a gerund. A gerund is an 'ing' form of a verb which could be used as a noun. It can function / play the role of a subject, an object, a verb complement etc.

— TomJ

  • Hello, I think "adjusting" is a participle in your sentence, not a gerund.
  • A gerund is an 'ing' form of a verb which could be used as a noun.
  • It can function / play the role of a subject, an object, a verb complement etc.
  • in a sentence.
  • A participle ( which is also an 'ing' form of a verb ) is used as an 'adjective' in a sentence .
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Hello,

I think "adjusting" is a participle in your sentence, not a gerund. A gerund is an 'ing' form of a verb which could be used as a noun. It can function / play the role of a subject, an object, a verb complement etc. in a sentence. A participle (which is also an 'ing' form of a verb) is used as an 'adjective' in a sentence.

In your
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Mello kunThe answer in my book is "adjusting", but I don't understand why that is.
This use of have, with an object such as difficulty/trouble/a hard time/a problem, allows only a gerund-participle verb-form.
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Thank for your help Emotion: smile, I forgot it although I had learnt it in grammar book
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