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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Love having his head scratched

Rocky, my orange tomcat, loves having his head scratched but hates getting his claws trimmed.

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Is "having" a gerund here functioning as an object to "love"?
Can we use the infinitive form instead without changing an intended meaning?
Loves to have his head scratched.
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Rocky, my orange tomcat, loves having his head scratched but hates getting his claws trimmed . "Having" is a gerund-participle verb; it heads the underlined gerund-participial clause which is functioning as complement (not object) of "love". Yes, you could use an infinitival clause instead with no real change of meaning.

— BillJ

  • Rocky, my orange tomcat, loves having his head scratched but hates getting his claws trimmed .
  • "Having" is a gerund-participle verb; it heads the underlined gerund-participial clause which is functioning as complement (not object) of "love".
  • Yes, you could use an infinitival clause instead with no real change of meaning.
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Rocky, my orange tomcat, loves having his head scratched but hates getting his claws trimmed.

"Having" is a gerund-participle verb; it heads the underlined gerund-participial clause which is functioning as complement (not object) of "love".

Yes, you could use an infinitival clause instead with no real change of meaning.

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