【論点27：動名詞を使った構文】

① There is no inviting so many people at a time. = It is impossible to invite so many people at a time. = We cannot invite so many people at a time. ② She thought her family should all retire to the country for the summer, for there was no living in the city in this sultry season. ③ One shakes hands with a host or hostess on arriving at or leaving a party. ④ Nero was unpopular with the people of Rome for having built a large palace in the middle of the city. ⑤ In 1585 his father became bankrupt, and the next year Shakespeare left Stratford for London, some people say, on account of having got into trouble over deer-stealing. ⑥ You ought to reap the harvest of your own sowing. ⑦ She objects to his joining the club. =She objects to him joining the club. ⑧ I don’t like your going out alone at night.=I don’t like you going out alone at night. ⑨ At first he refused the money on account of my having helped him, but I insisted on his taking it. ⑩ Man is sometimes more generous when he has little money than when he has plenty: perhaps to prevent his being thought to have but little. ⑪ He is convinced of the report being false.