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Gaylord336 Posted 7 years ago
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Is my reply correct?

Friend: I am happy.


Me: is this because of you meeting me?

  

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You can't have a subject followed by a present participle (the ing-form) as the finite verb of a clause: * you meeting, they walking, she running etc. Is it because you are meet ing me? / Is it because we have met?

— Cool Breeze

  • You can't have a subject followed by a present participle (the ing-form) as the finite verb of a clause: * you meeting, they walking, she running etc.
  • Is it because you are meet ing me?
  • / Is it because we have met?
  • CB
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You can't have a subject followed by a present participle (the ing-form) as the finite verb of a clause: *you meeting, they walking, she running etc.

Is it because you are meeting me? / Is it because we have met?

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