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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Understanding gerund
Hello sir
Two questions First regarding the sentence structureA. People suffering(subject adjective-- participle) from malnutrition in Africa to be considered in this scheme.OrB. Politicians giving speeches to get votes
In these sentences what is the role of infinitive since there is no verb so it is not an object here, is it just a complement to modify the participles phrase(subject adjective) --suffering from malnutrition.
Second question is what generally succeeds a gerund or infinitive, i read that gerund either take a noun or adjective/participles right?
In eg. He reacts on his friend getting/being trolled.
Here getting/being is gerund (not progressive) so it should take a noun or an adjective but trolled here is not working as an adjective but a verb, so bit confused?
Thankyou so much.
Two questions First regarding the sentence structureA. People suffering(subject adjective-- participle) from malnutrition in Africa to be considered in this scheme.OrB. Politicians giving speeches to get votes
In these sentences what is the role of infinitive since there is no verb so it is not an object here, is it just a complement to modify the participles phrase(subject adjective) --suffering from malnutrition.
Second question is what generally succeeds a gerund or infinitive, i read that gerund either take a noun or adjective/participles right?
In eg. He reacts on his friend getting/being trolled.
Here getting/being is gerund (not progressive) so it should take a noun or an adjective but trolled here is not working as an adjective but a verb, so bit confused?
Thankyou so much.
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Your post is a bit garbled. ) A. ] (subject adjective-- participle) This does not make sense.
- Your post is a bit garbled.
- ) A.
- ] (subject adjective-- participle) This does not make sense.
- There are two non-finite clauses.
- Both modify the head noun "people".
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Your post is a bit garbled. I think you are asking about these two noun phrases (They are not sentences because there is no finite verb in either one.)
A. People [ suffering from malnutrition in Africa ] [ to be considered in this scheme.]
(subject adjective-- participle) This does not make sense. There are two non-finite clauses. Both modify the head noun "people". This noun
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