gerund

n=3


a: Gerund ~
b: person whose father is a verb and

What: "I could say the Gerund is like a person whose father is a verb and mother is a noun. It takes after Dad in looks (you can clearly see a verb as its core) and after Mom in behaviour - it functions the same way nouns do, with a few exceptions. I don't understand why you feel it so different in these sentences. We could change the gerunds for nouns: He is used to living alone."

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Writer: Lucretia
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Date: Oct 9 2013 3:12 PM


A Shape Shifting Word

a: Gerund ~
b: a superhero of grammar

What: "A gerund is like a superhero of grammar. It functions just like an ordinary man on the street, but then, in an instant, it can transform itself into something far more spectacular."

Useful?
Writer: Joanne Kimes, Gary Robert Muschla
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Date: Oct 9 2013 3:12 PM


Nounification?

a: Gerund ~
b: verb-noun

What: Yes, there are no gerunds here. A gerund is like a verb-noun--- for example 'my critiquing you is well crap'. It has a predicate 'is', but also an object 'you'."

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Writer: abu nuwas
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Date: Oct 9 2013 3:17 PM



Green Venn Diagram

METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.