Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Gerunds after Prepositions
- Rules
- "After a preposition, if we use a verb, it is
always a gerund. It is impossible to use an
infinitive or any other verb form after a
preposition" (UNAD Florida, 2016).
- Curiosities:
- This is one of the few rules in English with no exceptions.
- Bibliographic references:
- UNAD Florida, (2016) Job Interview taken from:
https://campus14.unad.edu.co/invil41/mod/resource/view.php?id=188
- Examples of gerunds after prepositions
- People need to adapt to changing
economic conditions.
- Image recovered from:
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- I apologize for interrupting.
- Image recovered from:
https://www.etapainfantil.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ni%C3%B1o-interrumpe-700x467.jpg
- Some people disapprove of helping the poor.
- Image recovered from: https://www.asociacionproade.org/blog/tipos-de-pobreza/
- Edgar decided on going abroad next year.
- Image recovered from: https://elpais.com/elpais/2016/06/30/opinion/1467308302_708781.html
- By: Edgar Mauricio Londoño Rodríguez.
- More examples of gerunds after prepositions
- The brothers had to adjust to living as orphans.
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- We are prohibited from doing lots of things in the airplanes, It is unfair.
- Image recovered from:
https://conocedores.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/protocolo-aviones
- I could not agree on spending more money on the pub.
- Image recovered from: https://pubcrawlnewyork.com/tipping-in-usa-america/
- Students were engaged in learning the Einstein's Theory of General Relativity.
- Image recovered from:
https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/04/150417_finde_extrano_viaje_cerebro_albert_einstein_ac