While/when/during/in conducting the project, he proved to be talented."

[Ryan.]

Hello

I am writing this sentence in a letter and I don't know which of the following sentences are correct.

1-"While conducting the project, he proved to be talented."
2-""When conducting the project, he proved to be talented."
3-""During conducting the project, he proved to be talented."
4-"In conducting the project, he proved to be talented."
5-"Conducting the project, he proved to be talented."


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[White Hat]

in

 

[MikeNewYork]

in

Why "in"?

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

Hello.
I'm not a teacher nor a native speaker.
I think 1, 3, 5 are correct, but I'd use only the fifth one.

I just want to know what our teachers will say. ;-)

 

[White Hat]

"His surname was Poliorcetes, a Greek word meaning "besieger of cities," because in conducting sieges he proved himself a perfect genius".

by Rosalie Kaufman

 

[Raymott]

1 and 4 are acceptable to me. However, I would rewrite it:
"His conducting of the project proved his talent."
In real usage, starting with a gerund (5) is not as common as many students here seem to think it is.

 

[MikeNewYork]

1 and 4 are acceptable to me. However, I would rewrite it:
"His conducting of the project proved his talent."
In real usage, starting with a gerund (5) is not as common as many students here seem to think it is.

The -ing word in #5 is a participle. It is not a noun.

 

[Raymott]

The -ing word in #5 is a participle. It is not a noun.

OK, the comment still applies with the correction.

 

[Ryan.]

Thanks every body. Between "His conducting of the project proved his talent" and "In his conducting of the project proved his talent" which one would you choose?

 

[5jj]

"In his conducting of the project proved his talent" is not correct English.