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Gerund

noun
1.
A noun formed from a verb (such as the '-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun).



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"Gerund" Quotes from Famous Books



... is in the Infinitive Mood, Gerund, or Imperative Mood,[78] the Conjunctive Pronoun must follow, and is joined to the verb to form one ...
— Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.) • C. A. Toledano
... been called an adjectival verbal; the gerund may be called a noun verbal. While the gerund expresses action, it has several attributes of a noun,—it may be governed as a noun; it may be the subject of a verb, or the object of a verb or a preposition; it is often preceded by ...
— An English Grammar • W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell
... pedagogues, preceptors, tutors, governors, gerund-grinders, and bear-leaders to view themselves in, ...
— The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman • Laurence Sterne


Words linked to "Gerund" :   verbal noun, deverbal noun


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