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Dcomest Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

...sick and tired of your complaint/ complaining

Hi, folks!

I'd like to know the difference between the two sentences below:

a) ??I'm sick and tired of your [complaint].
b) I'm sick and tired of your [complaining].

I think that a) sounds a bit awkward and that b) sounds better, but semantics aside, sentence a) is grammartically correct, isn't it? When I googled sentence a) I've got no result, which made me curious a lot.

Would you kindly share your opinion about this?

Thanks in advance.

Jay from ROK
  

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You may be googling too much sentence, Jay. 'Of your complaint' = 128,000'; 'of your complaining' = 1330. 'Complaint' is usually thought of as a singular countable noun, so it is difficult to conceive of a listener getting sick and tired of one complaint, whereas it is easy to imagine doing so at continued complaining.

— Mister Micawber

  • You may be googling too much sentence, Jay.
  • 'Of your complaint' = 128,000'; 'of your complaining' = 1330.
  • 'Complaint' is usually thought of as a singular countable noun, so it is difficult to conceive of a listener getting sick and tired of one complaint, whereas it is easy to imagine doing so at continued complaining.
  • Nevertheless, grammatically, both sentences are right.
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You may be googling too much sentence, Jay. 'Of your complaint' = 128,000'; 'of your complaining' = 1330.

'Complaint' is usually thought of as a singular countable noun, so it is difficult to conceive of a listener getting sick and tired of one complaint, whereas it is easy to imagine doing so at continued complaining.

Nevertheless, grammatically, both sentences are right.
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