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Victorycountry Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Gerund Phrase and preposition

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00According to a site on Gerund Phrase, it is possible to eliminate a compound sentence by changing it into a gerund phrase with a preposition. 02br
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00Jerry has an annoying habit, and it is slamming doors. 02br
00Jerry has an annoying habit of slamming doors. 02br
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00Could someone please give me other examples. 02br
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00Thanks in advance. 02br
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0 Hello VC 02br 02br 00I think it's OK. I found online an example as follows; 02br 02br 00My husband has this annoying habit of saying, "Oh, baby" during ***. 02br 02br 02br 00paco 0-

— Paco2004

  • 0 Hello VC 02br 02br 00I think it's OK.
  • I found online an example as follows; 02br 02br 00My husband has this annoying habit of saying, "Oh, baby" during ***.
  • 02br 02br 02br 00paco 0-
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0 Hello VC 02br
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00I think it's OK. I found online an example as follows; 02br
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00My husband has this annoying habit of saying, "Oh, baby" during ***. 02br
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0 How about the following examples which I made? 02br
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00(1) The book has an interesting article and it is on the USA. 02br
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00The book has an interesting article of on the USA. => Even though this sentence doesn't have a gerund phrase. 02br
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00(2) I went to a place and it was very quite. 02br
00I went to a pl
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0 I'm just a learner, but I think they should be: 02br
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00The book has an interesting article on the USA. (01i00of02i00 out) 02br
00I went to a place very quite. (01i00of02i00 out) 0-
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0 hi VC, 02br
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00I'm not so sure if the examples you've given are exactly the ones you're looking for as they don't go according to the same pattern as the previous one. 02br
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00In addition, I think it would sound better if you said in 02br
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00#1) about the USA 02br
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00#2) a place of quie
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00Here, you would simply say 'I went to a very quiet place'. 02br
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0 There are only a limited number of abstract nouns for which this pattern applies. From the examples below, you can pretty much guess the kind of noun that is needed. The "of ---ing" phrase forms an appositive to the noun in question. 02br
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00Among the possibilities are "habit", "custom", "tradition", "situation", "predicament", and "problem". 02br
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