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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
gerund and nominalization
1. John's driving a mercedes astonished his creditors.
2. John's driving of the mercedes terrified his passengers.
My book says the most natural interpretation of #1 is "the fact that John was driving a mercedes," where as the most natural interpretation of the nominalization #2 is "the manner in which John was driving the Mercedes."
My book says "the most natural interpretation", then can we think the underlined parts in #1 and #2 has the same meaning?
2. John's driving of the mercedes terrified his passengers.
My book says the most natural interpretation of #1 is "the fact that John was driving a mercedes," where as the most natural interpretation of the nominalization #2 is "the manner in which John was driving the Mercedes."
My book says "the most natural interpretation", then can we think the underlined parts in #1 and #2 has the same meaning?
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moon7296 1. John 's driving a M ercedes astonished his creditors. 2.
- moon7296 1.
- John 's driving a M ercedes astonished his creditors.
- 2.
- John 's driving of the M ercedes terrified his passengers.
- moon7296 then can we think the underlined parts in #1 and #2 has the same meaning For # 2, what had terrified the passengers had nothing to do with the Mercedes, it is the way he drove.
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moon72961. John's driving a Mercedes astonished his creditors.
2. John's driving of the Mercedes terrified his passengers.
moon7296then can we think the underline
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No, you can't. The underlined clauses in your examples have slightly different meanings, as your book correctly explains.
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