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How to know whether a "ing" form is a gerund

by goelmohit2002 » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:00 pm
Hi All,

Can some one please tell how to find out whether a "ing" form is acting as a gerund or a verb ?

Working overtime, John accompolished...
>> Here Working is verb.

Jogging is good for health.
>> Here Jogging is acting as noun.

Basically in a long complex sentence, how to find out whether a "ing" form is acting as a noun or verb.

Thanks
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Re: How to know whether a "ing" form is a gerund

by El Cucu » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:05 pm
goelmohit2002 wrote:Hi All,

Can some one please tell how to find out whether a "ing" form is acting as a gerund or a verb ?

Working overtime, John accompolished...
>> Here Working is verb.

Jogging is good for health.
>> Here Jogging is acting as verb.

Basically in a long complex sentence, how to find out whether a "ing" form is acting as a noun or verb.ou

That shouldn´t be a problem. Always look for the meaning of the sentence.
By the way. your sentence "Jogging is good for health", you can see that jogging is acting as a noun, as it is the subject of the sentence.
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Gerund Identification

by Bryant@VeritasPrep » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:06 pm
Easy way to think of a gerund is to ask if the word is being used as a noun or a verb. If the -ing word is used as the subject or object of a sentence (noun) then it's a gerund, as in "running is a fun way to exercise." Running in this sentence is the subject of the sentence and is used as a noun, and therefore is a gerund....

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Re: Gerund Identification

by goelmohit2002 » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:08 pm
bryantmichaels wrote:Easy way to think of a gerund is to ask if the word is being used as a noun or a verb. If the -ing word is used as the subject or object of a sentence (noun) then it's a gerund, as in "running is a fun way to exercise." Running in this sentence is the subject of the sentence and is used as a noun, and therefore is a gerund....

hope this helps.
Thanks Bryan.

Can you please give one example of the case of object ?
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