Swim/swimming

[moseen]

Swim can be a verb and also a noun. Why in the sentence below, has "swim" "ing", because we can use swim as a noun without "ing"?
My favorite sports are football and swimming.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'Swim' means 'a period of time during which you swim' rather than 'the sport or activity of swimming'. See the definitions below.

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/american_english/swim_2
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/american_english/swimming?q=swimming

 

[PaulMatthews]

Swim can be a verb and also a noun. Why in the sentence below, has "swim" "ing", because we can use swim as a noun without "ing"?
My favorite sports are football and swimming.

The noun "swim" that you are referring to can only occur with a determiner like "a" or "my" ("I’m going for a/my swim", but not *"I’m going for swim").

But the noun "swimming" that is formed by conversion form the verb form "swimming" behaves differently. This noun may require a determiner, as in "The swimming here is very cheap", or it may not, as in your example.

Sometimes we cannot be certain whether "swimming" is functioning as a noun or a verb.

For example, "I like swimming" is strictly speaking ambiguous, but the verb is the more salient interpretation ("I like to swim"). However, noun interpretation can be forced by adjectival premodification, as in "occasional swimming".

 

[GoesStation]

But the noun "swimming" that is formed by conversion from the verb form "swimming" behaves differently.

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[moseen]

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Can you please correct my question "Swim can be a verb and also a noun. Why in the sentence below, has "swim" "ing", because we can use swim as a noun without "ing"?"?

 

[Matthew Wai]

'Swim' can be a verb or a noun, so why is 'swimming' used in the sentence below, as we can use 'swim' as a noun?

 

[GoesStation]

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See above. Never write a combination like this: ?"?" It's always wrong.

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