作主語:Seeing is believing.百聞不如一見。Talking is easier than doing. –ing作主語時,如果其結構較長,可用it作形式主語,而將作主語的-ing後置。如:It isn’t much good writing to them again. It’s no use waiting here.
-ing形式的複合結構。在-ing前加物主代詞或名詞所有格即構成-ing的複合結構。其中的物主代詞或名詞所有格為-ing的邏輯主語。這種結構在句中可作主語、賓語或表語,如:Your smoking and drinking too much will do harm to your health. 但在口語中,這種結構如作賓語用,其中的物主代詞常用人稱代詞的賓格,名詞的所有格常用名詞的普通格代替,如:She insisted on Peter’s (or Peter)going there first.