Dingo
Well-Known Member
Good.
It's called a "gerund". It's perfectly acceptable word usage. Look it up.
In many instances, using the gerund form of a noun is poor English.
Usually these are people you could care less about when you were growing up
Frank, you forgot to mention the Clintons...
Drivers that will not let you merge onto a highway.
Drivers that will not let you off of a highway.
Never mind the fact that the guy merging onto the highway has to yield to the guy on the highway and the guy on the highway is not required to let anyone on the highway. That driver has the "right-of-way".
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