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Old 12-Mar-2007, 20:29
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Default Re: Gerund Diagramming Help

Tyler07,
A gerund is a verb-made-noun-by-adding-ing (drive, driving)and, as such, can appear in sentence as subject or object. As a noun, it has more to do with thing or idea than with person or place.

In diagram, it appears on a horizontal 'stairstep' line instead of a straight one:
like this:
_________
|__________
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