Help Me with Gerunds

[SPACEDOUT66]

1 Brian intends seeing you immediately.(?)

2 He advised applying for the job immediately.(?)

3 Amy regrets spending so much money on clothes today.(?)
4 My wife is out shopping now.(?)


Have I got these correct, I think sentences one and three contain gerunds, where-as sentences two and four do not.


Is this right, and if not why not

[Mister Micawber]

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Sentence #1, to me, cannot take an -ing form: intends to see.


#2 and #3 are gerunds, as you can see by recasting them:

2-- Applying for the job immediately was his advice.

3-- Spending so much money on clothes today is what she regrets.


#4 is a participle as part of the continuous verb (just remove the adverb to see this):

4 My wife is shopping now.
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[SPACEDOUT66]

Originally Posted by Mister Micawber

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Sentence #1, to me, cannot take an -ing form: intends to see.


#2 and #3 are gerunds, as you can see by recasting them:

2-- Applying for the job immediately was his advice.

3-- Spending so much money on clothes today is what she regrets.


#4 is a participle as part of the continuous verb (just remove the adverb to see this):

4 My wife is shopping now.
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I tend to agree with you that sentence one cannot take an -ing ending but for the course I am undertaking I must answer yes it has gerund or no it does not have a gerund, so which in your opinion would it be?

Thanx Lloyd

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by SPACEDOUT66

I tend to agree with you that sentence one cannot take an -ing ending but for the course I am undertaking I must answer yes it has gerund or no it does not have a gerund, so which in your opinion would it be?

Thanx Lloyd

If the teacher insists on "seeing", it is a gerund.