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Tenjing Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

perfect and perfect progressive gerund

A. My having won the game impressed my father.
B. I am proud of you having been the first in the class.
c. I am feeling ashamed of you having lost the game.
D. I am ashamed of you having been drinking alcohol for the last eight hours.
F. Having been waiting a long time tired me.
G. Having been waiting for ten hours, I went to bed.(can we use the sentence like this with the present meaning? )
H. Having waited two hours, I went home.
I. Your playing of football in the match was awesome.

Please, could you check all the sentences? Actually I am practicing to use prefect gerunds and perfect continuous gerunds in the sentences. Could you also please tell is more about when and with what meaning to use such gerunds as a subject and an object? Please help.
  

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tenjing I am practicing to using p er fect gerunds and perfect continuous gerunds in the sentences. They are fairly rare in speech. They are more common in writing.

— CalifJim

  • tenjing I am practicing to using p er fect gerunds and perfect continuous gerunds in the sentences.
  • They are fairly rare in speech.
  • They are more common in writing.
  • A.
  • My having won the game impressed my father.
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tenjingI am practicing to using perfect gerunds and perfect continuous gerunds in the sentences.
They are fairly rare in speech. They are more common in writing.

A. My having won the game impressed my father. OK
B. I
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What about these ones,

A. I am feeling ashamed of you/your having lost the game.(possession with a gerund)
B. I am ashamed of you/your having been drinking alcohol.(possession with a gerund)
c. The making of the movie was fantastic.
B. Your controlling of the team was awesome.
Please help.
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What about these ones,

A. I am feeling ashamed of you/your having lost the game.(possession with a gerund)
B. I am ashamed of you/your having been drinking alcohol.(possession with a gerund)
c. The making of the movie was fantastic.
B. Your controlling of the team was awesome.
Please help.
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What about these ones,

A. I am feeling ashamed of you/your having lost the game.(possession with a gerund)
B. I am ashamed of you/your having been drinking alcohol.(possession with a gerund)
c. The making of the movie was fantastic.
B. Your controlling of the team was awesome.
Please help.
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Will you please take a good look at the last three posts? You have posted the same thing three times, once every two minutes. Why have you done that?

CJ
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I am really sorry about that, CJ. It was by mistake. Could you please check the sentences above, please?
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tenjingWhat about these ones,
A. I am feeling ashamed of you/your having lost the game.(possession with a gerund)
B. I am ashamed of you/your having been drinking alcohol.(possession with a gerund)
C. The making of the movie was fantastic.
D. Your controlling of the team was a
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