chewing food

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chewing food

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Is this sentence correct:

1) I don't like the sound of chewing food.

Meaning: I don't like the sound of someone/people chewing food.

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Re: chewing food

Post by Alan »

Grammatical but absurd: food does not chew!
--> of food BEING CHEWED.
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