Parts of Speech and Grammar Point for -ing

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Can someone help me to explain the two following structures — identifying parts of speech, and in particular why we’re using the -ing form of have in the first?

How about having lunch?
Why don't we go for lunch?

rogermue · Answer

I would explain "How about having lunch?" as shortened from

How (do you think) about having lunch?

Here "having" is gerund. After a preposition such as "about" follows a noun or a
gerund which is the noun-form of a verb.

Parts of Speech and Grammar Point for -ing

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