Hi, If the below was an option..will it be correct- so dogged were Francis Perkins's investigations of industry and persistent lobbying for poor, that... is persistent lobbying for poor is a complex gerund so as to make it parallel to action noun -investigations Also is this also correct.. so dogged...

Hi Ron, I have gone through the following discussion on this sentence- http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/can-somebody-help-me-out-with-this-question-t4278.html i have 2 questions- 1.You mentioned that for demosntrative pronoun that/those etc in diffirent caluses they have to maintain same structur...

Hi Tim, Sorry for the post as I am new to the forum.I will keep that in mind. I have one question,I have studied that The sentences that have structure like the making of,the singing of are complex gerunds..also are making for his son,workign for the charity also are complex gerunds? Thanks, Vijit

Hi Ron, In this question you mentioned that as we are following parallelism and there is that/those after dash,we should follow the same structure after the dash( ie. have been). My doubt is for parallelism,we need a parallel indicator such as and/or/but etc.Here the 2 clauses are connected my dash(...

Hi Ron, Isn't that the +ing after the comma if acts as noun modifier,modifies the subject of the preceding clause. The man was feeding a dog,fuming at the world. Thanks, Vijit Ron said the "that" doesn't refer to anything, but when I first saw this problem, I even was very confirmed that t...

Hi Ron, Thanks for brilliant explanation. So to summarize,if we have a +ing modifier after the comma,it can work in two ways- 1. Modifying the entire clause(cause and effect) Marcus dropped the groceries onto the floor, scaring the dog 2.Modifying a single noun Many financial experts believe that po...