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Onizo Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Gerunds

1. I need a good teaching.
2. I want a car-washing.
3. Car-washing needs good hands.
4. A car-washing needs good hands.
5. I need teaching.
5-1. I need good teaching.
6. I require making the place tidy.
7. I require a professional making of the place tidy.

Are these all correct?
  

Top answer

They're all odd, except perhaps for #5 and #5-1. To me, #1, #2, #4 and #7 are incorrect.

  • They're all odd, except perhaps for #5 and #5-1.
  • To me, #1, #2, #4 and #7 are incorrect.
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They're all odd, except perhaps for #5 and #5-1.
To me, #1, #2, #4 and #7 are incorrect.

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