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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
possessives with gerunds
I've seen a sentence that is '' I do appreciate you being round.'' It's also a famous sing which is Help by The beatles.The thing that I wonder is the structure of the sentence.For example , I appreciate you helping , i appreciate your helping.As far as I know ''your helping'' is grammatically correct but you helping?Can anybody explain this to me where ''you helping'' comes.
The only thing that it makes sense is i do appreciate you who help me.
'' The man who wants is my friend.'' The man wanting is my friend.
Am i right? Is the structure the same ? or How can we use this
The only thing that it makes sense is i do appreciate you who help me.
'' The man who wants is my friend.'' The man wanting is my friend.
Am i right? Is the structure the same ? or How can we use this
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" is formally correct. " is common in everyday speech. The meaning is exactly the same.
- " is formally correct.
- " is common in everyday speech.
- The meaning is exactly the same.
- "I do appreciate you(r) being (a)round" means "I do appreciate the fact that you are here to help/comfort/support me".
- "The man who wants is my friend" and "The man wanting is my friend" are both unlikely.
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"appreciate your being/helping/etc." is formally correct. "appreciate you being/helping/etc." is common in everyday speech. The meaning is exactly the same.
"I do appreciate you(r) being (a)round" means "I do appreciate the fact that you are here to help/comfort/support me".
"The man who wants is my friend" and "The man wanting is my friend" are both unlikely. For t
"I do appreciate you(r) being (a)round" means "I do appreciate the fact that you are here to help/comfort/support me".
"The man who wants is my friend" and "The man wanting is my friend" are both unlikely. For t
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I've seen on the internet such as ''The events are occuring in the area.''. Is it a incorrect sentence?I mean , do we use the same rules.By the way, thank you
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I guess I've been misunderstood.I mean , I tried to say like this ''I don’t approve of the events occuring in the area.'' The original sentence is '' I don't approve of the events which are occuring in the are.Am I right?Do we use the same rule or what? I wonder this exactly.Thanks for your helping
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''I don’t approve of the events which/that are occurring in the area" can be shortened to ''I don’t approve of the events occurring in the area".
With "events" meaning "future organised events", ''I don’t approve of the events occurring in the area" could also mean "I don't agree that the events should take place in the area". This seems a less usual interpretation.
"I don’t appr
With "events" meaning "future organised events", ''I don’t approve of the events occurring in the area" could also mean "I don't agree that the events should take place in the area". This seems a less usual interpretation.
"I don’t appr
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