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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Not having

In spite of not having an umbrella, I walked home in the rain.
Is "having" a gerund functioning as a noun- an object of preposition "in spite of"?
  

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It's a noun functioning as the object of a preposition. 'Noun' and 'gerund' are parts of speech, not functions.

— Fivejedjon

  • It's a noun functioning as the object of a preposition.
  • 'Noun' and 'gerund' are parts of speech, not functions.
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It's a noun functioning as the object of a preposition.

'Noun' and 'gerund' are parts of speech, not functions.
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