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Wowenglish Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Saying
The children always mocked at me saying you are a lame boy.
I wonder if "saying" is gerund or anything.
If "saying" is gerund, I would like to know why "saying" is gerund.
I wonder if "saying" is gerund or anything.
If "saying" is gerund, I would like to know why "saying" is gerund.
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'Saying you are a lame boy' looks like a nonfinite clause ('saying' a participle) acting as an adverb.
- 'Saying you are a lame boy' looks like a nonfinite clause ('saying' a participle) acting as an adverb.
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'Saying you are a lame boy' looks like a nonfinite clause ('saying' a participle) acting as an adverb.
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As the sentence stands, I consider saying a gerund with me being its subject. It could, and in many people's opinion it should be my saying. The object of mocking was what I said.
Another interpretation requires quotation marks: They always mocked at me saying, "You are a lazy boy." I was the object of mocking, not what I said. In this sentence saying
Another interpretation requires quotation marks: They always mocked at me saying, "You are a lazy boy." I was the object of mocking, not what I said. In this sentence saying
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