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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

is the gerund correctly used?

Considering the way they have played, their only being down by a few points is amazing,

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AnonymousIs the gerund correctly used?
The sentence is correct, but there is no gerund.
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Aspara Gus AnonymousIs the gerund correctly used?The sentence is correct, but there is no gerund.
I wonder what "being" should be called in this sentence?

Considering the way they have played, their only being down by a few points is amazing.

CB
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Cool BreezeI wonder what "being" should be called in this sentence?
It is in no way noun-like, so I would not call it a gerund. Present participle would be more accurate, I’d say, though many, if not most, grammars would disagree.
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