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Gerunds V/s Present Participle

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Gerunds V/s Present Participle

by __neo » Wed May 16, 2012 3:53 am
I am still facing difficulty in differentiating the two, can someone please elaborate along with examples.

I know Gerunds are -ing noun forms, where as present participles are -ing adjective(or adverbial) forms.

Please elaborate !
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by avik.ch » Wed May 16, 2012 5:51 am
a gerund is a noun - they are noun as they take up the noun slot in the sentence i.e subject, object...

Swimming is fun. Subject is a noun slot and hence the ing form of the verb becomes a noun.

A gerund test : use "the act of..."

The act of swimming is fun - makes sense, correct. Swimming is a gerund.

all participle ( present and past) functionally is an adjective. The presence of the finite verb makes it a verb.

Jessica is charming her audiences. "is charming" is a verb.
Jessica is charming to her audiences. Here "charming" is an adjective predicate aka participle.

Hope this helps !!
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