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Vcolts Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Two Gerund Phrases = Appositive?
Ex.
Going skiing, going somewhere to do something different, is a good stress reliever.
Q. Can we use a gerund phrase as the appositive for another gerund phrase?
Thanks.
Going skiing, going somewhere to do something different, is a good stress reliever.
Q. Can we use a gerund phrase as the appositive for another gerund phrase?
Thanks.
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I think I would use dashes here: Going skiing – going somewhere to do something different – is a good stress reliever.
- I think I would use dashes here: Going skiing – going somewhere to do something different – is a good stress reliever.
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I think I would use dashes here:
Going skiing – going somewhere to do something different – is a good stress reliever.
Going skiing – going somewhere to do something different – is a good stress reliever.
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Okay, then purely speaking grammatically, putting two gerund phrases (recognized as nouns) is okay, right (used as an appositive)?
Thank you.
Thank you.
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vcoltsOkay, then purely speaking grammatically, putting two gerund phrases (recognized as nouns) is okay, right (used as an appositive)?It is OK with dashes, but then I'm not sure whether you would say the phrases are in "apposition". I cannot think of an example with commas that reads well for me. Examples with commas are not glaringly wrong though, and I gu
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