In my opinion, gerund are verbs in noun form and they can be the subject, object or complement of a sentence.
If i have understood correctly, could you please let me know whether the following sentence contains gerund or not. If so, how we can signifies it as a gerund
It was not a question of them being able to get a car.
Please analyze the above sentence by dividing into clauses, phrases as well as subject,object and verb.
Best Answer
Stoney is correct. "It was not a question for them being able to get a car" is not acceptable English. If it really did appear in a book, then the publishers need to find new editors/proofreaders.
In "It was not a question of them being able to get a car", 'being' is a gerund; it is a form of the verb, but has some noun-like qualities. This is why some purists would prefer 'their' to 'them'.