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| My teacher said, that "have" in refer to a possession never works with "ing". But now, I found this sentence: Concorde, the world's fastest passanger plane, was developed by France and Britain together. In the 1950's, both countries dreamed of having a supersonic plane. In this sentence "having" refers to a possession Would you please explain me, why there is used "having"? Thanks in advance, Dany |
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| You're right that it is for possession here, but it is a gerund, used after a preposition. What you're teacher meant was that it isn't used as a main verb for possession: I am having (main verb) a supersonic plane. (wrong) Having (gerund) a supersonic plane was a dream for them. (fine) |
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| Quote:
EX: . . . dreamed (verb) of (preposition) having (object/noun/gerund) Words that end in -ing that function as objects of the verb or as objects of a preposition are called gerunds. Gerunds are nouns; they refer to a thing, and they look like verbs because they end in -ing. |
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| Thank you very much for your explanations Christmas greetings, Dany |
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| And to you too. |
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