Issues of not just am I my brother's keeper,

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Not only is the past never dead, but the film keeps repeating issues of not just am I my brother's keeper, but the sins of the father are revisited on the sons, such that it's important to keep watching even as the credits start to appear at the end (there was much shouting when some folks got up to leave too soon, blocking cryptic clues to those behind them).

I think a gerund phrase follows "of", not a clause, so I'd like to know whether the underlined words is correct.
Thank you in advance for your help.

Ozzourti · Accepted Answer

The underlined part could benefit from some additional punctuation:

. . . of not just "Am I my brother's keeper?" . . .

"Am I my brother's keeper?" was what Cain said in Genesis 4:9 when *** asked him where his brother was.

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, ozzourti, for your helpful answer.

Then, actually without punctuation, is my example ungrammatical?

Ozzourti · Answer

The additional punctuation helps the reader to notice that the quotation and the rest of the sentence are not grammatically connected.

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, ozzourti, for your continuing support.

Then, even If the sentence were not a quotation from Bible, could the "of" phrase be grammatical?

Ozzourti · Answer

park sang joonThen, even If the sentence were not a quotation from the Bible, could the "of" phrase be grammatical?

This structure could technically work with a quotation from any book (depending on context), but I am not sure that I fully understand your question. Please explain more clearly.

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, ozzourti, for your continuing to answer.

I'd also like to know whether even if the sentence is speaker's thought, not a quotation, my example is grammatical.

Ozzourti · Answer

It can be, but I think it's always better to set it off with quotation marks.

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