« The second part of Gerunds and Infinitives”

·      Gerunds can often be modified with possessive forms such as his, her, its, your, their, our, John's, Mary's, the machine's, and so on. This makes it clearer who or what is performing the action.

·      Examples:

·      I enjoyed their singing. They were singing.

·      She understood his saying no to the offer. He said no.

·      Sam resented Debbie's coming late to the dinner. Debbie came late to the dinner.

·      We discussed the machine's being broken. The machine is broken.

·      Some verbs are followed by a noun plus an infinitive. In some situations, the noun is required. In other situations, the noun is optional

·      The police ordered the man to stop. noun is required

·      She asked to leave. noun is optional

·      She asked him to leave. noun is optional

  

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