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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Two in one package: verb tense and gerund
Hi. Please tell me if the part underlined can be in a past perfect tense as it seems to me that the event happened before his or her having been embarrassed. Sorry, did I correctly put the possessive phrase ( I don't know it's the right term) "his or her" before the phrase "having been embarrassed"? I think this is fine.
His playing the guitar at night have caused me to lose my sleep many days.
I think, here the phrase "playing the guitar" is a gerund like in the sentence "His listening of music without his headphone has caused many nights of lost sleep." RIght?
The main (second) question I was going to ask before being troubled by grammar of my question was this. Can the underlined be a past perfect tense, instead of a past tense?
It was unsettling in heart because someone I had been attracted to told me that I looked like I was in middle school.
His playing the guitar at night have caused me to lose my sleep many days.
I think, here the phrase "playing the guitar" is a gerund like in the sentence "His listening of music without his headphone has caused many nights of lost sleep." RIght?
The main (second) question I was going to ask before being troubled by grammar of my question was this. Can the underlined be a past perfect tense, instead of a past tense?
It was unsettling in heart because someone I had been attracted to told me that I looked like I was in middle school.
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Hi. Please tell me if the part underlined can be in a past perfect tense as it seems to me that the event happened before his or her having been embarrassed. -- No, it was an ongoing phenomenon.
- Hi.
- Please tell me if the part underlined can be in a past perfect tense as it seems to me that the event happened before his or her having been embarrassed.
- -- No, it was an ongoing phenomenon.
- How in the world do you think your 'past perfect' verb might be formed here?
- 'His had been playing'??
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Hi. Please tell me if the part underlined can be in a past perfect tense as it seems to me that the event happened before his or her having been embarrassed.-- No, it was an ongoing phenomenon. How in the world do you think your 'past perfect' verb might be formed here? 'His had been playing'?? Not possible.
Sorry, did I correctly put the possessive phrase ( I don't
Hi. Please tell me if the part underlined can be in a past perfect tense as it seems to me that the event happened before his or her having been embarrassed.-- No, it was an ongoing phenomenon. How in the world do you think your 'past perfect' verb might be formed here? 'His had been playing'?? Not possible.
Sorry, did I correctly put the possessive phrase ( I don't
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Let's correct the sentence first.
His playing the guitar at night has caused me to lose sleep for many days.
His playing the guitar at night has caused me to lose sleep for many days.
Anonymoustell me if the part underlined can be in a past perfect tenseThe underlined part is a gerund, so its tense cannot be changed. It has no tense. Gerunds don't have tense.
Anonymousthe event
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Thank you.
You answered and corrected like these:
The main (second) question I was going to ask before being troubled by grammar of my question was this. Can the underlined be a past perfect tense, instead of a past tense?-- No. Both 'told' and 'looked' were presumably at the same time.
It was unsettling because someone I had been attracted to tol
You answered and corrected like these:
The main (second) question I was going to ask before being troubled by grammar of my question was this. Can the underlined be a past perfect tense, instead of a past tense?-- No. Both 'told' and 'looked' were presumably at the same time.
It was unsettling because someone I had been attracted to tol
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