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Alexisrequna217 Posted 13 years ago
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helo. where do we use "acknowledge" followed by a gerund verg? Thanks for your answers
  

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"acknowledge" can be followed by a gerund when the gerund is the object of the verb, in the normal way. However, it seems to me that semantically valid examples are rather uncommon. Here is one I found through Google: Although the Third Circuit has not acknowledged sleeping as a major life activity in a published opinion, ...

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  • "acknowledge" can be followed by a gerund when the gerund is the object of the verb, in the normal way.
  • However, it seems to me that semantically valid examples are rather uncommon.
  • Here is one I found through Google: Although the Third Circuit has not acknowledged sleeping as a major life activity in a published opinion, ...
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"acknowledge" can be followed by a gerund when the gerund is the object of the verb, in the normal way. However, it seems to me that semantically valid examples are rather uncommon. Here is one I found through Google:

Although the Third Circuit has not acknowledged sleeping as a major life activity in a published opinion, ...
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Thanks, my friends. I really appreciate it.
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I thing "not very many" is oldfashion...i would say "quite a bit of" or very little.
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"Not very many" refers to more than one thing, whereas "quite a bit of," or "very little" refers to one thing, for example, there are not very many of THEM, however, there is quite a bit of IT, or very little of IT.
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