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We will analyse the same on completion of related tasks.

I want to know which part of speech completion is?
 

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It's a noun, isn't it? Words with "-tion" usually are. Object of the preposition "on."
 

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We will analyse the same on completion of related tasks.

Can I use completing (gerund) in the above sentence?
 

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Yes, if you get rid of the of.
 

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"...after completing the related tasks."
 

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It's a noun, isn't it? Words with "-tion" usually are.
That's probably still true, though the habit of verbing nouns may change that.
You can proposition someone; petition someone; apportion blame; transition into a situation where you sanction something, etc.
 

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If this verbing carries on too much, I will revolution against it.
 

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It means completing is verb? With "ion" it was noun.
 

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Technically, "completing" would be a gerund (a verbal). "Completion" is a noun.
 

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[STRIKE]It means[/STRIKE] Does it mean "completing" is a verb? And with "-ion" it was a noun?
Please look at my corrections to your post.
 

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I understand verb can only be a gerund by adding "-ing" if we use the same after preposition.

Can you please also clarify why completion is noun and completing is verb?
 

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A gerund is not a verb. A gerund (verbal) is a noun made from a verb.
 

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I love those noun-to-verb transitions though. They are so useful and so easy.
 
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