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PonyFan Posted 12 years ago
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Sentence structure?
“ but the fate of Equestria does not rest on me making friends.”
Could you tell me how I should interpret the red words? The participle "making friend" postmodifies the pronoun "me"? Is it possible that a participle postmodifies a pronoun? Thanks in advance!
The sentence is quoted from http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsky32_my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-season-1-episode-1-the-mare-in-the-moon-captioned_shortfilms#.UeVq3m1heVo at 06:53
The transcription is available in http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Transcripts/Friendship_is_Magic,_part_1
Could you tell me how I should interpret the red words? The participle "making friend" postmodifies the pronoun "me"? Is it possible that a participle postmodifies a pronoun? Thanks in advance!
The sentence is quoted from http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xsky32_my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-season-1-episode-1-the-mare-in-the-moon-captioned_shortfilms#.UeVq3m1heVo at 06:53
The transcription is available in http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Transcripts/Friendship_is_Magic,_part_1
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You can read all about it here:
and here: http://abovethelaw.com/career-files/lawprose-lesson-112-what-are-the-rules-for-possessives-with-gerunds-or-preventing-fused-participles/
and here: http://abovethelaw.com/career-files/lawprose-lesson-112-what-are-the-rules-for-possessives-with-gerunds-or-preventing-fused-participles/
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