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Originally Posted by Smasher Mike says that ... Gerunds can be used like most other nouns.
en Ron Bee says that.. A gerund is a verb putting on different clothes.
sorry i cant understand  can u explain it ???
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What it looks like: A gerund ends in -ing.
What is does: A gerund is a noun.
A gerund is a noun that ends in -ing, and like other nouns, it functions as (1) the subject of the sentence or (2) as the object of the verb or (3) as the object of a preposition:
(1)
Swimming is fun. (
Subject + Verb + Object)
(2) I like
swimming. (Subject + Verb +
Object)
(3) Tell me about
swimming. (Verb + Object + Preposition +
Object)
Gerunds are also called
verbal nouns. They are not verbs, though; they just look like verbs because they end in -ing.
