While the gerund and the infinitive share similarities, they are not always interchangeable. Gerunds A gerund is a verb form ending in “-ing” that functions as a noun. Used as subjects, direct objects, indirect objects, or objects of prepositions.Example: “I enjoy swimming in the ocean....
9.The system of claim 1 wherein the phrase includes more than one word, wherein one syllable conjunctions, one syllable articles, one syllable prepositions, one syllable pronouns, one syllable contractions, and one syllable interjections in the phrase are unstressed in the stress pattern. ...