[General] Deliver

Hi everyone,

Should we say:
a) The author achieves to deliver his intended message.
or:
b) The author achieves in delivering his intended message.

Is (a) wrong? What is the difference between the two if any?

Neither makes any sense. You achieve a noun. The author either manages to deliver or succeeds in delivering or achieves the delivery of his message.

b

BobK said:

Neither makes any sense. You achieve a noun. The author either manages to deliver or succeeds in delivering or achieves the delivery of his message.

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Thanks for your reply Bobk...

So the following sentence is correct: "The author achieves delivering his intended message" ?

Amyloum said:

So the following sentence is correct: "The author achieves delivering his intended message" ?

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That is not what Bob said.

If the structure is: "achieve + noun" then I suppose "He achieved delivering (noun) his message" is correct? Or is it?

Amyloum said:

If the structure is: "achieve + noun" then I suppose "He achieved delivering (noun) his message" is correct? Or is it?

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No. He succeeded in delivering his message.

Thank you for your help BobK and Mike :-D

I suppose there are situations where you take a verb+ing as a noun. For example, "I appreciate your coming". "I value your being here." Is that right?

LeTyan said:

I suppose there are situations where you take a verb+ing as a noun.

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Yes. The -ing form that has some noun-like properties is generally referred to as a gerund.