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Marco Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Gerund and possessives/genitive
Consider the following:
"Dave leaving on Karen's arriving worries me."
Is that correct? Is "leaving" a gerund without a possessive before it?
Is it possible to use an adverb with a gerund as it works as a noun: "my carefully planing"?
Is there any reason to use a gerund instead of a common noun(if possible)? Can that emphasize the sentence in any way?
Thanks.
"Dave leaving on Karen's arriving worries me."
Is that correct? Is "leaving" a gerund without a possessive before it?
Is it possible to use an adverb with a gerund as it works as a noun: "my carefully planing"?
Is there any reason to use a gerund instead of a common noun(if possible)? Can that emphasize the sentence in any way?
Thanks.
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Hi Marco, Interesting questions. (1) "Dave 's leaving on Karen's arriving worries me" is the preferred form, and especially here in your example where you have mixed the styles; but it is a gerund in any case. '.
- Hi Marco, Interesting questions.
- (1) "Dave 's leaving on Karen's arriving worries me" is the preferred form, and especially here in your example where you have mixed the styles; but it is a gerund in any case.
- '.
- (3) The gerund usually connotes the action better.
- 'Planning makes perfect' vs 'a plan makes perfect'.
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Hi Marco,
Interesting questions.
(1) "Dave's leaving on Karen's arriving worries me" is the preferred form, and especially here in your example where you have mixed the styles; but it is a gerund in any case.
(2) Sure: "My carefully planning the meeting precluded any problems." Seems a little awkward though, as we pack more words into the gerundial phrase--
Interesting questions.
(1) "Dave's leaving on Karen's arriving worries me" is the preferred form, and especially here in your example where you have mixed the styles; but it is a gerund in any case.
(2) Sure: "My carefully planning the meeting precluded any problems." Seems a little awkward though, as we pack more words into the gerundial phrase--
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