Participle for verbal noun[usage-participle-for-verbal-noun]

Participle for verbal noun（用分词代替动词性名词）。

• 误：There was little prospect of the Senate accepting even this compromise.
• 正：There was little prospect of the Senate's accepting even this compromise.

左栏中，accepting是现在分词；右栏中，它是动词性名词（动名词）。左栏所示的构造偶尔可见，也有其辩护者。然而不难看出，第二句讲的不是参议院的前景，而是接受的前景。

当然，凡是使用所有格显得别扭或不可能的地方，都应当改写。

• 误：In the event of a reconsideration of the whole matter's becoming necessary
• 正：If it should become necessary to reconsider the whole matter

• 误：There was great dissatisfaction with the decision of the arbitrators being favorable to the company.
• 正：There was great dissatisfaction with the arbitrators' decision in favor of the company.