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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Verb tense

Can someone explain why -ing is added to eat in the following sentence? Take the medicine after eating some food.

Thank you,

Virginia

  

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"After" is a preposition. All prepositions must be followed by the gerund form of the verb. CB

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  • "After" is a preposition.
  • All prepositions must be followed by the gerund form of the verb.
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"After" is a preposition. All prepositions must be followed by the gerund form of the verb.

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anonymoussome food

Is that necessary? People don't normally eat anything that is not food.

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