behxrad
Member
- Joined
- Jun 10, 2014
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Persian
- Home Country
- Iran
- Current Location
- Iran
HI
sorry for any problem with my English but i have a really big problem with understanding usage between ing clauses and possessives preceding gerunds. I've searched a lot but couldn't find anything that relieve me :-(
For example
"I can't take our car without my sister knowing"
I am really confused!!!
If "knowing" is gerund, i know that i have to use possessives like "my sister's knowing". if it's participle the sentence is OK.
So i can not understand when it's gerund or participle
Some more examples i'm confused with
"They objected to the youngest girl being given the command position"
"They objected to the youngest girl's being given the command position"
"Police investigating the crime are looking for evidences"
"Police's investigating the crime are looking for evidences"
Does participle give extra information that gerund doesn't ????
and finally if i used one of them i'm not certain about, would that be okay?!
sorry for any problem with my English but i have a really big problem with understanding usage between ing clauses and possessives preceding gerunds. I've searched a lot but couldn't find anything that relieve me :-(
For example
"I can't take our car without my sister knowing"
I am really confused!!!
If "knowing" is gerund, i know that i have to use possessives like "my sister's knowing". if it's participle the sentence is OK.
So i can not understand when it's gerund or participle
Some more examples i'm confused with
"They objected to the youngest girl being given the command position"
"They objected to the youngest girl's being given the command position"
"Police investigating the crime are looking for evidences"
"Police's investigating the crime are looking for evidences"
Does participle give extra information that gerund doesn't ????
and finally if i used one of them i'm not certain about, would that be okay?!