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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

He deserves punishing/punishment.

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00My grammar book says it is wrong, because "punish" has a noun "punishment". So it should be written: 01b01i00"He deserves punishment."02i02b02br
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00I'm doubtful of this, becuase I saw a similar sentence in my dictionary:02br
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01i01b00Your suggestion deserves 01font00considering02font00.02b02i02br
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00I know that "consider" also has a noun "consideration", but it turns out that I can use "deserves considering", as is seen in my dictionary. 02br
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00May I ask if "01b01i00He deserves 01font00punishing02font00.02i02b00"is incorrect? Thank you!!!0-
  

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