[Grammar] Skip

[Maybo]

It is claimed that breakfast helps us lose weight, and that skipping it can raise our risk of obesity.

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1.Is "skipping" here a noun? or "skipping it = skipping breakfast"?


2.Can I say "......, and that skipping can our risk of obesity."? Treat "skipping" as a noun here?

 

[Rover_KE]

1. 'Skipping' here is a participle and 'skipping it' means 'not having it (breakfast)'.

2. 'Skipping here is a gerund - acting as a noun - which is the strenuous activity of jumping over a twirling rope, which can actually reduce our risk of obesity.

 

[jutfrank]

skipping it = skipping breakfast = the subject of the clause = a gerund noun