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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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You will have to take steps to avoid it ''happening'' again.

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01b01font00Once you have cured the water pollution problem, you will have to take steps to avoid it 01i00happening02i00 again.02font02b02br
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01b00Mister Micawber's answer:02b02br
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01i00Avoid02i00 takes the participle:02br
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01b001:02b00 I avoided 01i00seeing02i00 her.02br
01b002:02b00 Take steps to avoid it 01i00happening 02i00again.02br
01b003:02b00 I would like to avoid 01i00returning02i00 to this thread.02br
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01b01font00Once you have cured the water pollution problem, you will have to take steps to avoid it 01i01font00happening02font02i00 again.02font02b02br
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00If it were up to me I would like to use 01b01i00happen02i02b00 instead of 01b01i00happening02i02b00 in the above sentence. But Mister Micawber pointed out above that 01b01i00happening02i02b00 has to be used. What is the reason behind this? Which part of speech 01b01i00happening 02i02b00is in the above sentence, i.e. Is it adjective, noun, etc.?0-
  

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0 I wouldn't use "avoid" in that context.02br
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00I'd write "You will have to take steps to make sure it does not happen again".0-
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01cite10Kangiten12cite10I wouldn't use "avoid" in that context.12br
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10I'd write "You will have to take steps to make sure it does not happen again".12br
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10 01b01font00Very good rewrite!02font02b02br
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01cite10Philip12cite11b11font10 it shoule be "it11u10's12u10" happening, as 'happening' is a gerund (noun) and takes a possessive.12font12b12blockquote
10To avoid Philip's being misunderstood, I've fixed two tiny little typos: 05002br
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0 I'd use: «...to prevent it('s) happening again» or:02br
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01cite10Ant_22212cite10I'd use: «...to prevent it11font10('s)12font10 happening again» or: «...to prevent recurring pollution»12blockquote
10No apostrophe, Ant. 01b00 It's02b00 means either "01b00it is02b00" or "01b00
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0 «ݕNo apostrophe, Ant. It's means either "it is" or "it has". The possesive form of it is its.»02br
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00I knew that! I knew that!! 0-
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0I think the following one is the correct version:02br
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00Once you have cured the water pollution problem, you will have to take steps to avoid 01b01font00its happening02font02b00 again.0-
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11cite20Philip22cite21b21font20 it shoule be "it21u20's22u20" happening, as 'happening' is a gerund (noun) and takes a possessive.22font22b22blockquote
20To avoid Philip's
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00Mister Micawber pointed out above that 11b11i10happening12i12b10 has to be used. What is the reason behind this?12blockquote
10There is no reason as such. 01i00avoid 02i00is a catenative verb. Catenative verbs join to the following verb in a specific but arbitrary way. Some a
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00I think the following one is the correct version:12br
10Once you have cured the water pollution problem, you will have to take steps to avoid 11b11font10its happening12font12b10 again.12br
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10That seems fine to me. Note, however, that the possessive is not always t
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