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this'll is everyday grammar, and I have a question for you.
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What is your city famous for making?
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I'll tell you my answer.
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New York is famous for making great pizza.
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Both the question and answer include the adjective famous and the proposition for in English.
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Some adjectives are almost always used with propositions, and after propositions, you will normally find some kind of now, such as a guarantee, a noun ending an i N G.
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You will not find an infinitive verb.
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Listen to a few examples and you'll see what I mean.
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I am bored of doing the same thing every day.
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Leilani is interested in studying climate science.
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Notice that in each example the structure goes like this B plus adjective plus proposition, plus a Jarron or a noun in the sentence about Leilani, for example.
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The adjective is interested.
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The proposition is in and the JaRon is studying.
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Earlier, I said some kind of noun will follow the proposition.
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It won't always be a gerund.
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Here are two of our examples, this time with noun phrases.
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Leilani is interested in climate science here.
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The noun phrase is climate science.
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New York is famous for its delicious pizza here, The noun phrase is it's delicious pizza.
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So, back to my question from earlier.
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What is your city famous for?
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Making.
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Be sure to tell us in the comments, and that's every day grammar.