[Grammar] Infinitive or Gerund

Checkmate · Sep 30, 2014

"His run/running makes me proud.

Which one should I say? Gerund or Infinitive?

MikeNewYork · Sep 30, 2014

That is a false choice. As written, "run" is a noun and "running" is a gerund noun. There is no infinitive. Without more context, I cannot choose.

Weaver67 · Sep 30, 2014

Not a teacher.

As I see it, both are grammatically possible, but what should consequently be used depends on the context.

Checkmate · Sep 30, 2014

MikeNewYork said:
That is a false choice. As written, "run" is a noun and "running" is a gerund noun. There is no infinitive. Without more context, I cannot choose.

Weaver67 said:
Not a teacher.

As I see it, both are grammatically possible, but what should consequently be used depends on the context.

My friend runs faster than me, I would like to say I'm proud of his talent

Rover_KE · Sep 30, 2014

Checkmate said:
My friend runs faster than me. I would like to say I'm proud of his talent.

Note my amendments to your punctuation.

In that context, you could say 'His running makes me proud', but it doesn't sound very natural.

[Grammar] Infinitive or Gerund

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