Kakhacho
Member
- Joined
- Jun 9, 2014
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Georgian
- Home Country
- Georgia
- Current Location
- Georgia
I have come across the sentences:
1. I like YOU singing
2. I like YOUR singing
I personally understand the sentences as:
1. I like YOU singing = I like you when you are singing (hence “singing” here is participle I)
2. I like YOUR singing = like your songs (and here “singing” is a gerund)
I am an English learner and my teacher says that in both cases the word “singing” is a gerund and that the verb “like” is a perception verb.
Would you be so kind as to help me please? :-(
1. I like YOU singing
2. I like YOUR singing
I personally understand the sentences as:
1. I like YOU singing = I like you when you are singing (hence “singing” here is participle I)
2. I like YOUR singing = like your songs (and here “singing” is a gerund)
I am an English learner and my teacher says that in both cases the word “singing” is a gerund and that the verb “like” is a perception verb.
Would you be so kind as to help me please? :-(