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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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passive gerunds?

0 Would this sentence be a passive continuous gerund? - 01u00The house will have needed repainting.02u02br
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00Is this a passive perfect gerund? - 01u00She was overcome with emotion on hearing the bad news02u00.02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Would this sentence be a passive continuous gerund? 00 This is a gerund. Yes, you can call a gerund after need a 'passive gerund', eg the house needs 'to be painted' (which is a passive infinitive).

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Would this sentence be a passive continuous gerund?
  • 00 This is a gerund.
  • Yes, you can call a gerund after need a 'passive gerund', eg the house needs 'to be painted' (which is a passive infinitive).
  • However, I don't know what you mean in your question by 'continuous'.
  • 02u 02br 02br 00Is this a passive perfect gerund?
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Would this sentence be a passive continuous gerund? - 01u00The house will have needed repainting.02u02font02br
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01font01u00The house 02u02font02br
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0 01i00The house will have needed repainting02i00 is grammatically correct but sounds odd. I can't think of a situation in which I could say it. With regard to your question, there is no such thing as a 01b00continuous02b00 gerund. 01i00Repainting02i00 is usually just called a gerund but you can also call it a present gerund. I
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0Maybe:02br
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001. 01u00Being hit02u00 with a hammer isn't much fun.02br
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00— present passive gerund.02br
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002. His 01u00having been hit02u00 with a hammer was probably responsible for his confused condition.02br
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00— present perfect passive gerund.02br
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01cite10MrPedantic12cite103. There is no reason to suspect they automatically believed he was imprisoned there, as opposed to 11u10having been 11font11del10being12del12font10 stationed12u10 there during his military career. (From Google)12br

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0Hello CB,02br
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00I can't pretend it's a form I like; though I did find myself using it a little while ago, to my surprise.02br
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00How does the non-passive finite form sound to you, out of interest (#4):02br
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001. I am | being serious.02br
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002. I was | being serious.02br
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01cite10MrPedantic12cite10How does the non-passive finite form sound to you, out of interest (#4):12br
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101. I am | being serious.12br
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102. I was | being serious.12br
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103. If I 11i10had12i10 been | being serious, I wouldn't have been smiling.
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0(For myself, I'm not over-keen on the #1 or #2 forms either; they tend to dilute.02br
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00The rise of progressive forms in English is quite interesting; I found a paper on the subject once, online, but have now mislaid it.)02br
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00MrP0-
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0 PASSIVE:02br
00Perfect: 01i00He didn't like 01b01font00having been02font00 seen02b00 in my company02i00.02br
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00That sentence is a passive perfect gerund then? 02br
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00Many thanks to all replies, that you took time to respond to this is much appreci
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10That sentence is a passive perfect gerund then? 12br
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10Yes, that's right, Anon!12br
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10All the best,12br
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0Thanks again Mr. P, Clive & Cool Breeze! 050010id1
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