Terri Schiavo, a Floridian woman, died on Mar. 31, 2005 after 15 years of living in a vegetative state. She collapsed at the age of 26, suffering from brain damage, which left her totally dependent on others for basic care. This included food and water, which ...
動名詞には動詞的動名詞と名詞的動名詞の二つあるとしばしばいわれる。前者のほうは別な言い方で、叙実名詞化形(factive nominal)、後者のほうは行為名詞化形(action nominal)という。それぞれの例文を次のように挙げることにする。 1. a. His rapid drawing of the pictur...