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Would you mind help me with these questions? (a) Would you...

Key Concepts

Verb Complementation

Verb complementation refers to the grammatical structure that determines which form of a verb (such as a gerund or an infinitive) correctly follows another verb. In the case of expressions like 'would you mind,' the verb 'mind' is typically followed by a gerund, making the structure 'would you mind helping.'

Gerunds in English

A gerund is a form of a verb that ends in '-ing' and functions as a noun. Their use is especially important in certain fixed expressions and verb complements, as in 'would you mind helping,' where the gerund form is required for the sentence to be grammatically correct.

Transcript

00:01 Number three, the sentence in question is, i had known there would be challenges.

00:05 I'd have to carry heavy supplies, face some difficult hiking trails, and of course, deal with wildlife and the unpredictability of the weather.

00:12 What we get to play with is this third item in the list and how we're going to describe it.

00:19 So the first thing to look at when we have lists is for this rule known as parallel structure.

00:27 This means when you have lists, so those are of three or more things, or comparisons, those are of two things.

00:34 Each item in your list or comparison needs to match its neighbors.

00:39 They all need to be formatted in the same way.

00:42 So if i have three nouns, if i have two nouns, i need to have a third.

00:46 If i have two i and g words, i need to have a third, that sort of thing.

00:50 So we'll start by looking at the format of the other items in this list.

00:54 I'd have to carry heavy supplies, face some difficult hiking trails, and of course, deal with wildlife and the unpredictability of the weather.

01:04 Put that in that bit is up for change.

01:06 So the ones that are setting the precedent, carry heavy supplies.

01:09 This is verb followed by object.

01:13 I would have to carry.

01:14 That's just the verb.

01:15 The heavy supplies are what i will need to carry.

01:18 Same is true of item number two.

01:20 Face is the verb.

01:24 Followed by what am i going to have to face, the object, difficult hiking trails...

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