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   Alexander Koryagin - Dallas Hinton:   
      
   > "Its getting" probably can also be treated as a gerund phrase.   
   >   
   > "Several hundred years ago the climate became colder. Its getting   
   > colder prompted Vikings to leave Greenland."   
      
   I can't comment on your terminology, but your example is a good one.   
   This pattern makes the composition of complicated sentences almost   
   too easy, so I try to avoid it as meticulously as I do the clumsy   
   phrase "the fact that".   
      
   > No comment about cold/cool. ;)   
      
   Why, my examples were intended to demostrate the difference. `cool'   
   is associated with a pleasant relief from heat.   
      
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