[vil]

Dear beascarpetta,

Thank you again for your seasonable and sobering recommendation.

Really, as a non-native speaker, I have to proceed inquiring into grammatical structures at the time my journey along the studded with difficulties and impediments road toward assimilation of English language. I should find the most suitable kind of structure for the different questions cropping up before me by my daily work.

Maybe it come as a surprise to all of you, if I share with you that we didn't know before such terms as Gerund and Participle, and suchlike as The Nominative Absolute constructions and Verbal Nouns , which are very similar
concerning its form. You can't imagine how more the work is getting complicated.

For example:


Arriving to the hotel he went to his room.
Coming to the window he opened it and listened.
Look at the sleeping child.
Not knowing his new phone number I was unable to tell him the news.
The actor playing the part of Bernard Shaw is wonderful.
The rain permitting me from coming.
Time permitting , they will discuss the matter tomorrow.

or

I like reading novels by modern British writers.
I do not like your coming late every time.
Excuse my interrupting you.
On arriving on the station they found no car.
Seeing is believing.
Seeing and believing are different things.
Some people say that seeing is believing.
I remember telling him about the meeting.
Stop talking, please.
You didn't forget telling him about the party, did you?
He insist on Ben's joining us.
This novel is worth reading.
He is busy looking through the letters.
Are you fond of skiing?
I am tired of saying it over and over again.

as well as

When he saw his father enter the room he stopped smoking.
Before entering his father's he stopped to smoke.
I remember sending the letter.
I must remember to send the letter.
I shall never forget taking that examination.
Do not forget to come to the examination tomorrow.

I did make a mess of things, didn't I?

Thank you for your understanding.

Regards.

V.