Nouns plus prepositions followed by the gerund

The following nouns + preposition are also followed by gerund.

Choice of       possibility of        excuse for       intention of Reason for       method for

• George has no excuse for dropping out of school.
• There is a possibility of acquiring this property at a good price.
• There is no reason for leaving this early.
• Connie has developed a method for evaluating this problem.

Any time a preposition is followed directly by a verb, the verb will be in the gerund form.

• After leaving the party, Ali drove home.
• He should have stayed in new York instead of moving to Maine.

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