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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

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I am reading a book with my 4 year old- Face Painitng
When you are reading Face Painting together, you can help your child by:
Focusing on their interests and having fun talking about the book together. "Which animal would you like to have your face painted as?"

Please explain to me the grammatical form and function of "having fun talking"?

My guess:
"Having fun" as there is no finite or tensed verb must be a gerund acting as an object of preposition.
"Talking about the book together" seems to be an adverb answering the why adverb question-
Having fun while talking about the book together.
  

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Jigneshbharati ... help your child by focusing on their interests and (focusing on) having fun talking about the book together. Jigneshbharati "Having fun" as there is no finite or tensed verb must be a gerund acting as an object of preposition.

— CalifJim

  • Jigneshbharati ...
  • help your child by focusing on their interests and (focusing on) having fun talking about the book together.
  • Jigneshbharati "Having fun" as there is no finite or tensed verb must be a gerund acting as an object of preposition.
  • Correct.
  • Jigneshbharati "Talking about the book together" seems to be an adverb It's a participle clause, roughly equivalent to "while talking about", but it can also be interpreted as another gerund clause, the object of the implied preposition "by" ("by talking about").
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Jigneshbharati... help your child by focusing on their interests and (focusing on) having fun talking about the book together.
Jigneshbharati"Having fun" as there is no finite or tensed verb must be a gerund acting as an object of preposition.

Correct.

Jigneshbhara
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