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Wed 23 Nov, 2016 03:12 pm
is it correct to say:
Illegally importing pesticides is an offence.
That is, if I say: Illegally importing (of) pesticides is an offence... the word "of" is redundant.
And, in the above case: Illegal importing pesticides, "illegal" would be wrong, it should be "illegally"?
@ikerberg,
ikerberg wrote:is it correct to say:
Illegally importing pesticides is an offence.
Yes. With the gerund -ing form of a verb we do not use 'of'. However for a noun or noun phrase we do use 'the' before and 'of' afterwards: the illegal importing (or importation) of pesticides is an offence.
Quote:if I say: Illegally importing (of) pesticides is an offence... the word "of" is redundant.
. It is not redundant; it is wrong.
@ikerberg,
Importing illegal pesticides is an offense.
Or, can it be: "importing pesticides is illegal." The question is, are all pesticides illegal?
From the original sentence, it seems to be the importing that is illegal, not the pesticides, although since it's just an example sentence, this may be a pointless discussion. It is possible to illegally import (e.g. smuggle; avoid import tax) something which is not illegal if imported properly.
@contrex,
Thank you very much!
So, it is grammatically correct to say:
"Illegally importing pesticides is an offence"?
because an adverb can modify a gerund?(in verb meaning)
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