1-The shooting of the rebels caused a lot of turmoil.
Isn’t this sentence ambiguous?
Did the rebels do the shooting or did they get shot?
How about:
2-The killing of the dog was annoying to watch.
Did the dog do the killing or was it killed?
Hi navi,
By using the constructions the killing of/the shooting of or similar constructions the meaning has to indicate that both actions were done by the subject(s) unknown.
Consider: The passing of that law has resulted in an increase in arrests = Somebody passed that law /that law was passed and as a result there has been an icrease in arrests
Alan
Let me guess: The first- rebels were shooting
the second- the dog was killed.