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by panacea6565 » Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:13 pm
after gradual declining

* after gradual declining to about 39 hours in 1970
* after gradually declining to about 39 hours in 1970

which one is correct?
the explanation given is (in OG)
declining must be modified by the adverb gradually ,and not by adjective gradual
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but declining is a gerund(noun), and it can not be modified by an adverb

please explain
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by btg760 » Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:31 pm
Of-course " after gradually declining to about 39 hours in 1970 " is correct because you cannot modify verb with Adjective.

So cross the sentence wherever you find some adjective is modifying the verb.

Adjective can only modify any Noun or another adjective.
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by mittalashwani13 » Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:36 pm
declining is not a noun ...its a verb ...so needs gradually to modify it ...


I believe you are getting confused by taking 'declining' as a noun which is NOT
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by panacea6565 » Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:59 am
but declining is a gerund( -ing, noun), and it can not be modified by an adverb

please explain
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by btg760 » Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:04 am
panacea6565 wrote:but declining is a gerund( -ing, noun), and it can not be modified by an adverb

please explain
How declining can be a noun? It is an action in the given statement. So it must be verb.
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