"The prognostications and planning of an experiment have been very accurate."
I was told that it's grammatically incorrect to use the gerund and noun in one sentence.It should have been something like "The forecating and planning...." Is it so?
Last edited by ostap77; 10-Mar-2011 at 18:44.
"Planning" is also a noun. Look it up in the dictionary.
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1- Why "an experiment"? Why not "the experiment"?
2- What do you mean by saying that prognostications of an experiment have been very accurate?
3- How much "planning" and "prognostications" are related to each other? I don't understand why you want to write these two words side by side!
To answer your question: Yes, you can use a noun and a gerund for the subject of a sentence.
His backtalk and skipping classes must stop.
But your sentence does not make sense. See Khosro's comments.