MacFauz wrote:
Complex Gerund phrases (melting of ) are parallel to action nouns (a rise). True. A "the" would have made the sentence better framed but the best answer choice out of the five is E.
Hello. Can you please clear up a confusion I'm facing. My understanding is that gerunds are of two types: simple and complex. A complex gerund will always be preceded by an article, such as "a" or "the". The rules I have read state that complex gerunds can only be parallel to action nouns.
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