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by Chinn_asama » Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:08 am
Hi

Is the below sentence grammatically correct? what is the subject? IS the ing forms the subject?

Thrashing of two men in the police station last week by an inspector shocked the city, raising questions about the 'interrogation' methods adopted by the police and treatment meted out to suspects.


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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:33 am
One of the points to be considered in this sentence is the -ing form.
If an -ing form is followed by "of", it must be preceded by "the." Therefore the sentence is incorrect.
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by Chinn_asama » Thu Aug 09, 2012 7:02 am
ok. Can the ing form act like a verb?
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by EducationAisle » Thu Aug 09, 2012 7:50 am
If you are referring to thrashing, then it is not used as a participle here, but as a Gerund (a Noun Form).

Nevertheless, participial phrases can definitely be used as subjects:

Interesting story finally came to an end.

In the above sentence, Interesting story is a participial phrases and is the subject of this sentence.
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by confuse mind » Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:21 pm
Kasia@MasterGMAT wrote:One of the points to be considered in this sentence is the -ing form.
If an -ing form is followed by "of", it must be preceded by "the." Therefore the sentence is incorrect.

Is this an always true rule?
Never read/noticed...
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