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04-May-2004, 16:17
| | |  Dear Tdol
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Originally Posted by I a. I appreciate your taking the time to talk with me.
b. I appreciate you taking the time to talk with me.
Could you tell me which is gerund and which is participle?? | Quote: |
Originally Posted by you They're both gerunds- the difference between 'your' and 'you'is simply a question of formal\informal style in BE. | So you mean
Michael and David disagree about Michael's puttting up his posters---> gerund [formal]
Michael and David disagree about Michael puttting up his posters----> gerund [informal]
right?? |
04-May-2004, 16:27
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Michael's = formal.  |
04-May-2004, 16:28
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BTW- it's easire if you reply to the thread where we have answered, so we can look back at earlier posts, otherwise we end up jumping around. |
04-May-2004, 17:51
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Dear Tdol, do you mean
Michael and David disagree about Michael puttting up his posters----> gerund [informal]
???
please clear this to me, I'm still confused.  |
04-May-2004, 22:37
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Yes,it's a gerund- it means 'the act of putting up the posters', not an adjective describing Michael, or a present participle denoting what he is doing at the moment.
Does this help? |
07-May-2004, 16:23
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| | Re: Dear Tdol
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Originally Posted by wendy Dear Tdol, do you mean
Michael and David disagree about Michael puttting up his posters----> gerund [informal]
???
please clear this to me, I'm still confused. | I can understand your confusion, and we are adding to it. TDOL and I eveidently disagree aboput the classification of the vrebal when not preceded by a possessive. IMO, it is a participle; TDOL calls it a gerund. I guess you'll have to pick one opinion and stick with that. :? |
07-May-2004, 22:01
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07-May-2004, 22:16
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Originally Posted by tdol | False choice, there. :wink: | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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