The question is: The fact that the girls danced in the woods outrages Parris. I have to change "the fact that the girls danced in the woods" to a gerund phrase and I can't think of anything that sounds right. Thank You!
A gerund needs to have an -ing ending on it. So you need to build something around "dancing" -- right? And since a gerund is a verbal noun, it can use adjectives and possessive forms of nouns to go with it. How does this work for you:
The girls' dancing in the woods outrages Parris.
In that sentence, the gerund phrase (underlined) is the subject; "outrages" is the verb; "Parris" is the direct obhect.
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How about? "The girls dancing in the woods outrages Parris."
For more information about gerund phrases, check this site.
http://grammar.uoregon.edu/phrases/gerundP.html
Thank you!
it is used as a subject
I am trying to wring this as a verb ?
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To change "the fact that the girls danced in the woods" to a gerund phrase, you can focus on the action of the girls dancing. Here's how you can do it:
"The girls' dancing in the woods outrages Parris."
In this rephrased sentence, the gerund phrase "the girls' dancing in the woods" functions as a noun phrase, acting as the subject of the sentence. It retains the meaning of the original sentence while emphasizing the action of dancing instead of the fact itself.