lunarpower wrote:these are -ing forms that act as nouns. since they act as nouns, they can be the subject of the sentence, just as any other noun could be.Cumulonimbus wrote:If so then how is the subject of the sentence - 'Being followed' or 'Being heavily committed'
I thought it was celebrities and executive respectively.
Please help to clarify my doubts.
KR,
here's a simpler sentence in which the same thing happens:
Swimming is fun.
... and ...
Being followed by a stalker is not fun.
same thing.
Hi Ron,
Thanks.
So does that mean that in a passive voice 'tobe +verbed' can describe action done by someone/something on someone/something, which need not be the subject necessarily, or it is specific to gerunds?