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The Prepositional Object
| to think of to suspect smb of to accuse of to be afraid of to object to to be used to to succeed in to be engaged in to insist on to depend on to apologize for to be grateful for to be responsible for to thank smb for to blame smb for to be clever at to prevent smb from, etc. | doing smth being done having done smth having been done |
e.g. He apologized for coming late.
She insisted on being treatedlike a grown woman.
I hope you don’t object to our singing.
We are engaged in discussing this problem.
The Attribute
| intention plan idea point sense purpose habit good harm mistake difficulty way opportunity advantage / disadvantage cause | of doing smth | ||
| There is no (little) Smb sees no (little) | sense harm difficulty point danger | in doing smth | |
e.g. She had no intention of staying.
I don’t like his habit of making people wait.
There is no harm in asking her again.
There is little point in refusing.
The Adverbial Modifier
| on (upon) after before by through because of without in spite of despite instead of at | doing smth |
e.g. She locked the door before going to bed.
He left without saying good-bye.
Before goingto the station I had to telephone my office on business.
In spite of beingill, he came to the final discussion.
She frightened her father by bursting into tears.
The Gerundial Complex
The Gerund can have a subject of its own different from that of the sentence. In this case the Gerund and its subject form a construction called the Gerundial Complex. The relations between the elements of the complex are predicative. The first element of the complex may be expressed in a number of ways: by a noun in the common case, a noun in the possessive case, a pronoun in the objective case, a possessive pronoun.
| boy’s boy my me | doing smth being done |
The Gerundial complex has practically the same syntactical functions as the gerund.
Syntactical Functions of the Gerundial Complex
The Subject
| It | is was | no use useless no good | Smb’s doing smth | ||
| Smb’s doing smth | does smth did smth will do smth would do smth | ||||
e.g. It is useless your going there immediately.
His saying this made all the difference.
His being a foreigner and an ex-enemy was bad enough.
The Predicative
| to be for / against | smb’s doing smth |
e.g. I’m against your going there alone.
He was for your staying there for two more days.
The Direct Object
| admit anticipate avoid consider delay deny enjoy escape excuse fancy (imagine) forgive involve mind postpone prevent regret remember resent resist risk suggest, etc. to be worth | smb’s doing smth |
e.g. Do you mind my closing the window?
I don’t like his coming late.
The Prepositional Object
| to think of to suspect smb of to accuse of to be afraid of to object to to be used to to succeed in to be engaged in to insist on to depend on to apologize for to be grateful for to be responsible for to thank smb for to blame smb for to be clever at to prevent smb from, etc. | smb’s doing smth |
e.g. Much depends on your taking the job.
The teacher insisted on my coming in time.
She apologized for her being late.
The Attribute
| intention plan idea point sense purpose habit good harm mistake difficulty way opportunity advantage / disadvantage cause | of smb’s doing smth | ||
| There is no (little) Smb sees no (little) | sense harm difficulty point danger | in smb’s doing smth | |
e.g. I had no idea of your being there.
There is little sense in your staying here just now.
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