Manhattan GMAT SC Third Edition Chapter 4, Q8
The answer to the above question was:
"We were dismayed to learn that our neighbours were untidy, disagreeable, and uninterested in making new friends"
The answer says "making" is a participle phrase. Shouldnt this be a gerund, since it is the object of the preposition "in" and also takes on an object "new friends"???
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Re: Participle or gerund??
You are correct that "making" is a gerund, not a participle. However, the phrase here begins with the word "uninterested," which is in fact a participle. As such, this participle phrase is indeed parallel to the adjectives that precede it.
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Re: Participle or gerund??
can't we leave 'to make' ?? is it necessary to go for ' in making'?
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Re: Participle or gerund??
climbfirst Wrote:can't we leave 'to make' ?? is it necessary to go for ' in making'?
no. "uninterested to VERB" is not a correct idiom; the correct idiom is "uninterested in VERBing".
because this thread does not pertain to a GMAT PREP VERBAL problem in any way, it is now locked. if you wish to continue this discussion, please start a new thread in the correct folder (= the MGMAT verbal guides folder).
thanks.
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