Recognise + Gerund

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Could anyone please give me an example in which recognise + V-ing can be used?

  Thanks.
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I think you will need to put a possessive adjective between recognize and the V-ing as in: Everyone recognized his speaking the language fluently.

3

That is still not correct. The example should be
Everyone recognised that he spoke the language fluently
or
Everyone recognised that he was speaking the language fluently.

4

The man was recognised running away from the blaze; he’s confessed to everything.
My sister spotted some teenage girls (whom) she recognised, running away from the burning bicycle.

Just trying to come up with a couple of examples. :slight_smile:

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[color=blue]The -ing verb form following “recognise” could be a gerund (noun) or a participle (adjective).

[color=blue]…recognise swimming as good exercise
…recognise buying opportunities early

6

Your answers are acceptable, but I’m afraid Foreigner meant something like: I enjoy swimming in the pool, He minds lending his car and so on.

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The examples are essentially noun objects that happen to end in ‘ing’. The verb element is not there.

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Hi, Cristina.ro!

Thank you for the examples. I think in both of your sentences the verbs in italics are used as participles. As Anglophile has mentioned, I meant V + V-ing (gerund) in which the firs verb (recognize in this case) should be used in active and take the gerund. Syntactically, gerund has an object position here.

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Hello, Dear T_H_Lawrence:

Thank you for the observation! )

10

You are welcome, dear Foreigner.