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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

'of' preposition

Hello! May someone tell me the difference between 'reading of books' and 'reading books' and 'books reading'? Thank you!
  

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" We could contrive a sentence with "reading of books," but it wouldn't be a natural utterance. Additionally, I would like to comment on your question. "

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"Reading of books" is not grammatical, and neither is "books reading." We say, "Reading books." We could contrive a sentence with "reading of books," but it wouldn't be a natural utterance.

Additionally, I would like to comment on your question. You have misused "may." You are asking if someone has permission to tell you the difference between "reading of books" and "reading books" and "
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AnonymousMay Can someone tell me the difference between 'the reading of books' and 'reading books' and 'books book reading'?
As shown above, 'reading of books' requires an article, and the first word of a compound noun is generally
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