Navitasan Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Gerunds
Are the sentences correct with the given meanings:
1-The police will gain information about robbing the bank.
Meaning: The police will gain information about how the bank was robbed.
2-The movie-watchers will have insight into unraveling the mystery.
Meaning: The movie-watchers will have insight into how the mystery is unraveled.
3-The readers will have insight into solving the crime.
Meaning: The readers will have insight into how the crime is solved.
4-We will know about making the movie.
Meaning: We will know about how the movie is made.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1-The police will gain information about robbing the bank.
Meaning: The police will gain information about how the bank was robbed.
2-The movie-watchers will have insight into unraveling the mystery.
Meaning: The movie-watchers will have insight into how the mystery is unraveled.
3-The readers will have insight into solving the crime.
Meaning: The readers will have insight into how the crime is solved.
4-We will know about making the movie.
Meaning: We will know about how the movie is made.
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
They are all ambiguous, suggesting in spite of logic that the subject of the main clause is the subject of the '-ing' activity.
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They are all ambiguous, suggesting in spite of logic that the subject of the main clause is the subject of the
'-ing' activity.
'-ing' activity.
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