Gerund with its own subject
Dear teachers,
take the sentence: "Jackie is unhappy about the fact that her brother found her diary".
Using a gerund here turns the sentence into: a) Jackie is unhappy about her brother finding her diary.
Is it also possible to use: b) Jackie....about her brother having found her diary?
To me it sounds a little odd, but I do not really know why.
Maybe, it's no gerund but a participle, derived from: Jackie...because her brother had found her diary. ?
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about her brother having found her diary? Yes, but that perfect form of the gerund is used much less often. Obelix To me it sounds a little odd, but I do not really know why.
- about her brother having found her diary?
- Yes, but that perfect form of the gerund is used much less often.
- Obelix To me it sounds a little odd, but I do not really know why.
- It's probably because it's not used much.
- Obelix Maybe it's no t a gerund but a participle A gerund (or gerund clause, if you like) is based on the participle form of a verb.
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ObelixIs it also possible to use: b) Jackie....about her brother having found her diary?
Yes, but that perfect form of the gerund is used much less often.
ObelixTo me it sounds a little odd, but I do not really know why.
It's probably because it's not used much.
ObelixMaybe it's no
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