Title 4 D. Nuri al-Maliki : Stubborn Premier Undone by Sectarian Distrust
There are four kinds of gerunds found in this articles and eleven sentences using the function of gerunds; there are one sentence using objects in gerund
phrases, one sentence using adverb in gerund phrases, six sentences using gerund phrases as objects of verbs, and three sentences using gerund phrases as objects of
preposition.
1. Objects in Gerund Phrases
•
U.S President George W Bush is one of a dwindling band of
Maliki supporters.
2. Adverb in Gerund Phrases
• Prime Minister Nuri al – Maliki, head of Iraq’s first permanent post
invasion government, is a blunt, uncharismatic product of an
underground opposition group who faces crumbling support at
home and abroad.
3. Gerund Phrases as Objects of Verb
• His attempts to bridge Iraq’s ethnic and sectarian divides have so
far failed, with 17 of 40 ministers having resigned or decided to
boycott the cabinet. •
Unending daily bloodshed taking its toll an ordinary Iraqis.
• Prime Minister Maliki is a good guy, a good man with a difficult
job, and I support him, Bush said on Wednesday, defending his
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ally from attacks from U.S opposition senators Carl Levin and Hillary Clinton.
•
Dawa, while being the oldest Iraqi movement opposed to Saddam,
has never been a friend of the United States. •
He has visited Tehran twice since coming to office and maintains apparently good relations there, despite claims from American
commanders that Tehran is arming militias that carry out attacks
on U.S and Iraqi security forces. •
Now, many in Baghdad and Washington are wondering whether
there is anyone else inside the murky world of Iraqi politics who could spring – up in his place and, if hot, whether Maliki can ever
lead his country to peace.
4. Gerund Phrases as Objects of Preposition
• Shiites retort that Maliki has never given a chance to rule, that his
margin for maneuver is limited by the vast U.S occupation army in
Iraq and that his fledgling security forces are not ready to supplant
the militias. •
Now, they add, American forces have further undermined him by
endorsing and helping Sunni tribal levies and former insurgent
groups now engaged in the fight against Al – Qaeda’s Iraqi affiliate – to Maliki’s consternation.
• For the U.S command, these local groups of concerned citizents are
a bulwark against extremism, for Maliki and those steeped like him
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in the logic of sectarian conflict they are an armed Sunni
opposition in the making.
3.2.2 The Dominance Gerunds Found in the Articles of the Jakarta Post Newspaper
