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TIlE PARTICIPLE. [Par. 404, 405.

(2) But, on the other hand, "I could learn a
hundred lines in an hour once," i.e. "and I; sometimes did."
V 404 IV. The Participle.
The Participle qualifying a Noun is sometimes
incorrectly used, instead of a Verbal Noun qualified
by a Possessive Adjective or Possessive form of the
Noun, e.g. " In consequence of the king saying this"
for "In consequence of the king's saying this."
"Trusting to the certainty of the old man (for
man's) interrupting him." This is rare, and not to
be imitated. Putting " me " instead of " king " or
"man" above, you see the incorrectness of the
idiom. It is not now English to say "in consequence of me saying this ": "my " would be required
in both cases.
405 The Passive Participle is perhaps allowable in
this construction, e.g. -
(1) " He insisted on the match being deferred," instead
of, "the match's being deferred."
(2) "In consequence of this motion having been brought
forward without due notice."
These are not exactly Participles. For example,
(1) does not mean " Ile insisted on the match when
it was being deferred," or, "that was being deferred": but "He insisted on the-match-being deferred," i.e. "the deferring of the match." This