1)She was pretty cut up about them leaving.
2)Are you married, if you don't mind me asking?
=Are you married, if you don't mind my asking?
3)I caught him smoking in the bathroom.
请教老师:1) 是动名词,them leaving=their leaving吗?
对于句3),him可否换成his ? 还是catch这种结构后面不能理解成动名词? 为什么catch后不能理解成动名词,而只能理解成现在分词呢?
抛开分词/动名词这些术语,我们只需知道V-ing是扮演一个形容词/副词/名词的角色中哪一个即可。
1) She was pretty cut up about them leaving.约=She was upset about their departure. 相当于名词角色
2)Are you married, if you don't mind my asking? 约=Are you married, if you don't mind my question? 相当于名词角色
3)I caught him smoking in the bathroom.=He was smoking! I found that! 相当于动词角色。句3无法用his,这是由catch somebody doing something的内在逻辑和搭配决定的。语法层次上讲叫宾语补充语。