a grammar question

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When I was checking for a word on Yahoo's dictionary page. I found a sentence
which says "He complained to the police of the boys stealing his apples."

I wonder if in this sentence that something is overlooked? Otherwise, why "the
boys" in the sentence can be straight followed by a verbal noun?

Can someone help me to figure out this? thx in advance....
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※ 引述《***@kkcity.com.tw ( )》之銘言：
: When I was checking for a word on Yahoo's dictionary page. I found a sentence
: which says "He complained to the police of the boys stealing his apples."
: I wonder if in this sentence that something is overlooked? Otherwise, why "the
: boys" in the sentence can be straight followed by a verbal noun?
: Can someone help me to figure out this? thx in advance....


He complained to the police of the boys who steal his apples.
^^^^^^^^^^
=stealing
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Post by 怎麼說都是你不好
: When I was checking for a word on Yahoo's dictionary page. I found a sentence
: which says "He complained to the police of the boys stealing his apples."
: I wonder if in this sentence that something is overlooked? Otherwise, why "the
: boys" in the sentence can be straight followed by a verbal noun?
: Can someone help me to figure out this? thx in advance....
He complained to the police of the boys who steal his apples.
^^^^^^^^^^
=stealing

"complain about" works a lot better -- "of" doesn't sound natural,
especially when followed by a clause.