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Marrion
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 Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:02 am Post subject: Gerund |
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[1] He's proud that people are finally recognizing him.
[2] He is proud of people(') being finally recognizing him.
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Do all these sentences have the same meaning? |
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Suzanne
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| Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:04 am Post subject: |
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Hello!
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[1] He's proud that people are finally recognizing him.
[2] He is proud of people(') being finally recognizing him. |
#1 is correct. Here, "recognizing" is an object gerund.
More examples of object gerunds:
I enjoy working in the garden.
They had fun playing tennis.
She finished writing her term paper at midnight.
Would you mind helping me with this?
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Marrion
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| Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:13 am Post subject: I got it. |
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Thank you very much.
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