Appreciate diikuti oleh gerund saat gerund merujuk ke subjek dari suatu klausa, tetapi diikuti oleh kata sifat kepemilikan (possessive adjective) + gerund saat gerund tidak merujuk ke subjek. Appreciate juga dapat diikuti oleh kata benda.
Contoh
- I appreciate having time off work.
- I appreciate your giving me time off work.
- I appreciate time off work.
- We appreciate eating chocolate cake.
- We appreciate his eating our chocolate cake.
- We appreciate chocolate cake.