Verbs require an-ing form in the complement

[Nakamura]

Dear all,

In a book, I came a cross that the verb “appreciate” come under the verbs require an-ing form in the complement. But I see many times the use of it as below,

I appreciate very much if you could let me know……..etc..

Can someone kindly explain me the grammatical basis here.

Thank you,

Nakamura

[Alan]

Hi,

You need an object after 'appreciate'. Here are some examples:

I would appreciate it very much if you could let me know ...

I appreciate it when you let me use your computer ...

I appreciate your helping me with my work ...

Alan
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[Nakamura]

Thank you very much Alan,

I appreciate your helping me in this regard.

As you given me in the first two examples, there are no –ing form following the “appreciate” in each but only the third one.

Dose that means it is not essential always using –ing complement in the sentence after such verbs.

Have I missed something when learning this “verbs require an-ing form in the complement”…?

Thank you

Nakamura

[Alan]

Hi,

You are quite right that 'appreciate' needs a verb in the -ing form to follow it or a simple object. The following verb is really equivalent to an object.

Alan
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[Nakamura]

Thank you very much Alan,

I am a postgraduate student trying to improve my scientific writing. I got a book in particular but the content has more weight on scientific points rather to grammar. Now I am following the TOEFL 11th edition :(big book) to improve my grammar knowledge.

There I found many verbs, like admit, appreciate, avoid, complete, consider, delay, deny… for verbs that require -ing form in the complement,

Also, …….approve of, be better off, cant help, count on..etc..,for verb phrases that require -ing form in the complement,

Unfortunately, there is no detail for the usage of those other than few examples.
Can you recommend me any other book or a web source in this forum to get more details on such points?

Thank you very much

Nakamura