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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
gerund vs verbal noun
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I am here again with my problem with gerund and verbal noun. But now, the problem is, what syntactic function do they have in the following examples:
Gerund:
1. Whereas the Treaty on European Union marks a new stage in the process of creating an ever-closer union among the peoples of Europe…
2. Whereas, since the duties of the leadership of basic local government units may involve taking part in the exercise of official authority and in the safeguarding of the general interest…
3. Whereas provision may be made for those citizens to be registered automatically on the electoral roll in those Member States where voting is not compulsory…
VERBAL NOUN:
1. Whereas its fundamental objectives include a strengthening of the protection of the rights and interests of the nationals…
2. Member States of residence may provide that any citizen of the Union, who through an individual decision under civil law or a criminal law decision, has been deprived of his right to stand as a candidate under the law of his home Member Sate, shall be precluded from exercising that right in municipal elections…
3. “reference date” means the day or days on which citizens of the Union must satisfy, under the law of the Member State of residence, the requirements for voting or for standing as a candidate in that State…
4. Voters within the scope of Article 3 who have been entered on an electoral roll in the Member State of residence shall remain thereon under the same conditions as voters who are nationals, until such time as they are removed automatically because they no longer satisfy the requirements for exercising the right to vote…
5. Whereas, in view of the political significance of the holding of elected municipal office, Member States should be entitled to take the steps necessary to ensure that a person who has been deprived of this right to stand as a candidate in his home Member State is not enabled to recover that right merely by virtue of his residence on another Member State…
6. The Commission shall adapt the Annex by making appropriate substitutions, deletions or additions…
7. The Member State of residence may also require a voter within the scope of Article 3 to produce a valid identity document, along with a formal declaration stating his nationality, and his address in the Member State of residence…
8. The member State of residence may also require a person entitled to stand as a candidate within the scope of Article 3 to state in the formal declaration which he produces in accordance with paragraph 1 when submitting his application to stand as a candidate that has not been deprived of the right to stand as a candidate in his home Member state…
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING ME !
I am here again with my problem with gerund and verbal noun. But now, the problem is, what syntactic function do they have in the following examples:
Gerund:
1. Whereas the Treaty on European Union marks a new stage in the process of creating an ever-closer union among the peoples of Europe…
2. Whereas, since the duties of the leadership of basic local government units may involve taking part in the exercise of official authority and in the safeguarding of the general interest…
3. Whereas provision may be made for those citizens to be registered automatically on the electoral roll in those Member States where voting is not compulsory…
VERBAL NOUN:
1. Whereas its fundamental objectives include a strengthening of the protection of the rights and interests of the nationals…
2. Member States of residence may provide that any citizen of the Union, who through an individual decision under civil law or a criminal law decision, has been deprived of his right to stand as a candidate under the law of his home Member Sate, shall be precluded from exercising that right in municipal elections…
3. “reference date” means the day or days on which citizens of the Union must satisfy, under the law of the Member State of residence, the requirements for voting or for standing as a candidate in that State…
4. Voters within the scope of Article 3 who have been entered on an electoral roll in the Member State of residence shall remain thereon under the same conditions as voters who are nationals, until such time as they are removed automatically because they no longer satisfy the requirements for exercising the right to vote…
5. Whereas, in view of the political significance of the holding of elected municipal office, Member States should be entitled to take the steps necessary to ensure that a person who has been deprived of this right to stand as a candidate in his home Member State is not enabled to recover that right merely by virtue of his residence on another Member State…
6. The Commission shall adapt the Annex by making appropriate substitutions, deletions or additions…
7. The Member State of residence may also require a voter within the scope of Article 3 to produce a valid identity document, along with a formal declaration stating his nationality, and his address in the Member State of residence…
8. The member State of residence may also require a person entitled to stand as a candidate within the scope of Article 3 to state in the formal declaration which he produces in accordance with paragraph 1 when submitting his application to stand as a candidate that has not been deprived of the right to stand as a candidate in his home Member state…
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING ME !
Top answer
You asked about the syntactic function of the gerunds in various examples. As you will see below, in general they are functioning as head of a clause (as a verb) or noun phrase (as a gerundial noun). 'Head' is a function, it is the most important word in a clause or phrase.
- You asked about the syntactic function of the gerunds in various examples.
- As you will see below, in general they are functioning as head of a clause (as a verb) or noun phrase (as a gerundial noun).
- 'Head' is a function, it is the most important word in a clause or phrase.
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You asked about the syntactic function of the gerunds in various examples. As you will see below, in general they are functioning as head of a clause (as a verb) or noun phrase (as a gerundial noun). 'Head' is a function, it is the most important word in a clause or phrase. You may not be familiar with that term, so I've also included the part of speech that each gerund belongs to:
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