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Gerund: got it
1: no hassles
2: why does men's require women's? The "making more money than women" is possessed by the men.
3: him: I assume this result means that the majority prefers "his".
3: child: however, in this instance, I assume the result shows lack of acceptance of the structure of the sentence as a whole, rather than a preference for "child's", or "infection's" for that matter. Quite apart from the subordinate clauses (is that even the right term) is losing an acceptable gerund in this case? I would use "loss of hearing", fwiw.
Conclusion 1: "Dog's" is strictly correct, but both are acceptable.
Conclusion 2: The panel is somewhat inconsistent.
Conclusion 3: "The American HeritageŽ Book of English Usage: A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English, 1996" is neither.
Conclusion 4: Gerunds are funny.
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Grammar help, please
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Coffeebean
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02/24/03 09:01 PM
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Re: Grammar help, please
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wwh
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02/24/03 09:26 PM
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Jackie
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02/24/03 10:33 PM
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Coffeebean
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02/24/03 11:49 PM
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Bingley
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02/25/03 01:47 AM
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Jackie
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02/25/03 01:54 AM
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Bingley
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02/25/03 02:11 AM
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wwh
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02/25/03 02:16 AM
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Re: Grammar help, please
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Jackie
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02/25/03 02:31 AM
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Gramma got runned over
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musick
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02/26/03 05:51 PM
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Re: Grammar Awards
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AnnaStrophic
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02/26/03 07:18 PM
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Re: Gerunds
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wow
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03/02/03 04:18 PM
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The final word
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Faldage
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02/25/03 10:50 AM
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Re: Grammar help, please
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doc_comfort
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02/24/03 11:52 PM
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AnnaStrophic
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02/25/03 11:43 AM
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wwh
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02/25/03 01:07 PM
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