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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 249731" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Muttmeister, your instinct that this sounds wrong is right on the money.</p><p></p><p>In a construction such as <strong><em>well-nourished</em></strong>, <em>well </em>is an adverb that modifies the gerund <em>nourished</em>.</p><p></p><p>In the case of <strong><em>well-paying</em></strong>, they are trying to bend a present participle to fit where a gerund should go. It's not the use of <em>well</em>, but the use of <em>paying </em>that's iffy.</p><p></p><p>It should either be, "Our company will create <strong>well-paid </strong>jobs", which sounds awkward, but is grammatically sound. Or, better still, change the construction altogether to say something like, "Our company will create <strong>jobs that pay well</strong>" which avoids the whole gerund-mess in the first place.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">(Yes, I am a grammar geek. I perseverated on diagramming sentences all through primary school. Even asked the teacher for extra grammar assignments...slinking off to the corner now with my Elements of Grammar book)</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 249731, member: 3907"] Muttmeister, your instinct that this sounds wrong is right on the money. In a construction such as [B][I]well-nourished[/I][/B], [I]well [/I]is an adverb that modifies the gerund [I]nourished[/I]. In the case of [B][I]well-paying[/I][/B], they are trying to bend a present participle to fit where a gerund should go. It's not the use of [I]well[/I], but the use of [I]paying [/I]that's iffy. It should either be, "Our company will create [B]well-paid [/B]jobs", which sounds awkward, but is grammatically sound. Or, better still, change the construction altogether to say something like, "Our company will create [B]jobs that pay well[/B]" which avoids the whole gerund-mess in the first place. [SIZE="1"](Yes, I am a grammar geek. I perseverated on diagramming sentences all through primary school. Even asked the teacher for extra grammar assignments...slinking off to the corner now with my Elements of Grammar book)[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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