any mistakes in this sentence? thanks
more than 10 couples are expected to be moved in our community over 20 days beginning this Friday
BTW, What is "beginning" used as here? as a "verbal noun"? is it like "reading" in"we sat there, readiing the book"? thanks in advance.
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The sentence looks basically right, although I wondered if you meant that 10 couples would be moved from one home to another one within the community or if 10 couples would be moving to the community. So I'd say either "within" or "to" instead of "in" to be clear.
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@Randy, I think that beginning should refer to the action, not the word 'days'. The days don't begin, the move does.
Beginning is a verb, and yes, it works the same your reading example.
A verbal noun is an -ing word, but not all are verbal nouns.
As a verb: "I was walking."
As a verbal noun: "I like walking." (this works the same as "I like computers.")
As a verbal adjective: "I use a walking stick." (in this case, walking describes the type of stick.)
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The sentence looks all right. The word "beginning" is a verbal, modifying the word "days".
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