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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

gerund appositives

HI, quick question: Stuck on an appositive ...can you help me out/
Jeff, (the losing teammate), disappointedly walked out of the gym. Need something to say he lost, but has to be a gerund appositive. Can you help?
  

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Anonymous Jeff, (the losing teammate), "losing" modifies "teammate". When the -ing has a modifying function like that, it is not a gerund, so this doesn't match your requirements. Since a gerund refers to an activity, I don't see how you can use a gerund as an appositive to a proper noun like "Jeff".

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Jeff, (the losing teammate), "losing" modifies "teammate".
  • When the -ing has a modifying function like that, it is not a gerund, so this doesn't match your requirements.
  • Since a gerund refers to an activity, I don't see how you can use a gerund as an appositive to a proper noun like "Jeff".
  • Jeff is a person, not an activity, so how can the two be similar enough to put them together in an appositive relationship?
  • CJ
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AnonymousJeff, (the losing teammate),
"losing" modifies "teammate". When the -ing has a modifying function like that, it is not a gerund, so this doesn't match your requirements.

Since a gerund refers to an activity, I don't see how you can use a gerund as an appositive to a proper noun like "Jeff". Jeff is a person, not an activity, so how c
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