[General] Mr. Ram received a call

[Anil Giria]

Mr. Ram received a call from Citibank requesting for his photograph
which was mailed to Citibank immediately.

In the above sentence, requesting has been used. I guess request+ing is used due to the rule that after preposition if we use any verb it would be Gerund only.

Am I correct?

 

[bhaisahab]

Use "requesting" without "for" or "asking for".

 

[Matthew Wai]

I guess request+ing is used due to the rule that after preposition if we use any verb it would be Gerund only.

I consider 'requesting' a present participle modifying the noun 'call' instead of a gerund used after the preposition 'from', but I am not a teacher.

 

[Anil Giria]

Call means?

 

[Matthew Wai]

You, a native English speaker, must know what it means.

Not a teacher.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Mr. Ram received a call from Citibank requesting his photograph, which was mailed to Citibank immediately.

In the above sentence, requesting has been used. I guess request+ing is used due to the rule that after preposition, if we use any verb, it would be gerund only.

Am I correct?

We'll assume that English is not your native language. You might want to correct your member information. Knowing a person's first language sometimes helps us when we give advice.

Requesting is not a gerund. It is not after from. Citibank (a noun) is after from. Requesting is a verb.

 

[Anil Giria]

Just to understand the concept better- I understand requesting is present participle. A participle is a word formed with a verb which can be used as an adjective, to form verb tences etc. Please clarify

 

[MikeNewYork]

I agree with you. "Requesting" is not a verb there; it is a present participle. Gerunds and participles are often called "verbals".

 

[Matthew Wai]

Requesting is a verb.

"Requesting" is not a verb there;

Any consensus?

 

[MikeNewYork]

There is only one correct answer. A present participle cannot be a verb without an auxiliary verb such as "is" or "was".

 

[Matthew Wai]

A present participle cannot be a verb without an auxiliary verb such as "is" or "was".

Then it is a modifier. Am I right? Not a teacher.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Yes, it is.