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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Getting to know

My favourite part of driving is getting to know new people.

I saw the above on our buses in Leeds.

Is "getting to know" a gerund phrase acting as a subject complement?

Would the sentence be still grammatical and without any change in meaning if we remove "getting"?

Can't we use the infinitive "is to get to know..." as the subject complement here instead of "is getting to know..."?

  

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Jigneshbharati Is "getting to know" a gerund phrase acting as a subject complement? Yes, or clause, but you should include all of it: "getting to know new people". That's the whole clause.

— CalifJim

  • Jigneshbharati Is "getting to know" a gerund phrase acting as a subject complement?
  • Yes, or clause, but you should include all of it: "getting to know new people".
  • That's the whole clause.
  • Jigneshbharati Would the sentence be still grammatical and without any change in meaning if we remove "getting"?
  • It's grammatical, but it doesn't make a lot of sense.
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JigneshbharatiIs "getting to know" a gerund phrase acting as a subject complement?

Yes, or clause, but you should include all of it: "getting to know new people". That's the whole clause.

JigneshbharatiWould the sentence be still grammatical and without any change in meaning if we remove "getting"?

It's grammatic

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