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12 questions linked to/from Possessives with gerunds
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When is a 'gerund' supposed to be preceded by a possessive adjective/determiner?
I assume that the following sentences are all acceptable:
He resents your being more popular than he is.
Most of the members paid their dues without my asking them.
They objected to the youngest girl’...
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"...his parents' dream of *him* achieving a Cambridge degree." What is the function of "him" here? [duplicate]
I have a problem analysing this sentence from the point of finite/nonfinite clauses, clause elements and their functions:
He does not want to destroy his parents' dream of him achieving a Cambridge ...
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"Heard me [infinitive]" vs. "heard me [present participle]"
"Heard me [infinitive]" vs. "heard me [present participle]"
At that time, you wouldn't have heard me talk about it.
At that time, you wouldn't have heard me talking about it.
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When must a gerund be preceded by a possessive pronoun as opposed to an accusative one?
I was recently reading this very interesting post here:
When is a gerund supposed to be preceded by a possessive adjective/determiner?
In this thread, it is argued persuasively that we could use ...
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"I have you returning the car."
Context: Top Notch 2
Conversation:
Agent: I have you returning the car on August 14th here at the airport.
Renter: Yes. That's correct.
I am puzzled by this sentence in a conversation between a ...
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with/without + pronoun (me vs. my) + gerund-participial phrase
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (Page 461) has this section:
(f) Subject of clausal complement of with/without
Pronouns in this position normally appear in accusative case:
[16] i We ...
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Analyzing 'genitive/accusative + V-ing phrase (gerund-participle phrase)' as different constructions
(1) I regretted [his leaving the firm].
(2) I regretted [him leaving the firm].
(3) I regretted [leaving the firm].
(4) He didn’t bother [giving me a copy].
Regarding the above sentences The ...
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Non-finite clause vs phrase
We know that a clause is a sentence which is a part of a sentence. So, a clause is itself a sentence having a subject and a predicate, but a phrase is just a group of words.
To tell you the truth,I ...
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When do present participles shift from being "gerunds" or "verbal nouns" to become non-finite clauses?
Note: This is not a question about what is the difference between a gerund, verb and participle, interesting as that polemic may be. It is about non-finite clauses, which does bear upon these ...
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Accusative and genitive constructions - interchangeability; usage of "of" in genitive
Would it be acceptable to replace the emphasized (genitive) construction in the following sentence
"The photographer Terry Richardson, after being accused in one documentary of sexual assault of ...
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How is "swimming" being used grammatically in "I saw them swimming in the lake"?
Consider this sentence:
I saw them swimming in the lake.
How is "swimming" used in the sentence? Is it a gerund or verb or anything else and how is it connected to the sentence?
I am mostly aware ...
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Object pronouns in subject position? [duplicate]
I found this old question in SE-ELL, particularly the comments on the last (Hector von's) answer, and it stirred my curiosity about the usage of object pronouns in subject position.
I believe that in ...
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