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Changeling Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
gerund usage
Hi everybody!
I’m writing an article about sports food. Could you, please, check if my sentence grammatically correct?
The second myth is about sports food overburdening the digestive and excretion systems
Thanks in advance
I’m writing an article about sports food. Could you, please, check if my sentence grammatically correct?
The second myth is about sports food overburdening the digestive and excretion systems
Thanks in advance
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" (Both adjectives) I believe the rest is okay. - A. S.
- " (Both adjectives) I believe the rest is okay.
- - A.
- S.
- Where's the gerund??
- " As you have it, I suspect the whole ****** phrase to the end of the sentence serves as object.
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"Excretory" will properly parallel "digestive." (Both adjectives) I believe the rest is okay. - A.
P.S. Where's the gerund?? If you said, "This is about overburdening your system," then "overburdening" would serve as a noun (gerund) as object of the preposition "about." As you have it, I suspect the whole ****** phrase to the end of the sentence serves as object. If you had to pi
P.S. Where's the gerund?? If you said, "This is about overburdening your system," then "overburdening" would serve as a noun (gerund) as object of the preposition "about." As you have it, I suspect the whole ****** phrase to the end of the sentence serves as object. If you had to pi
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I could be wrong. I see that part as a participial phrase modifying "food" or "sports food," therefore being adjectival in function. I understand that it's probably more about the "overburdening" than about the food, but I can't see the noun function.
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