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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