A gerund (pronounced JER-und) is a verb that’s acting as anoun. By that, we mean that theverb—the word that describes the action that’s happening, like “biking,”“thinking,”“running,” or “speaking”—becomes athing, a concept that can now be the sentence’s subject, direct ...
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It isn’t our place to judge the habits of parts of speech, but it is worth taking a closer look at gerunds to figure out the best ways to use them in sentences. (You don’t want their identity crisis to make you look like a fool who uses improper grammar!) What is agerund? Ag...
Updated on May 16, 2019Grammar Tips A gerund phrase is a phrase consisting of a gerund and any modifiers or objects associated with it. A gerund is a noun made from a verb root plus ing (a present participle). A whole gerund phrase functions in a sentence just like a noun and can ...
Sometimes a word or phrase appears to be a verb when, in fact, it’s something else. It’s important to look at the function that a word or phrase plays in a sentence before determining its part of speech. What Is a Gerund Phrase? A gerund is a verb form that ends in -ing. A ...
What is aphrase? In grammar, aphraseis a group of words that act together as a single unit but don’t contain the things needed to form a sentence: asubjectand apredicate. Phrases may containnounsandverbs, but they cannot function by themselves as complete sentences. If used alone, a ph...
What is a gerund and why do you need to know? Maybe it would be better to answer the second part of the question first so that you have some motivation to identify gerunds. If you are able to pick the gerund(s) out in your sentence, you will avoid a grammar gaffe that often goes...
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