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Mizansinha007 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

About gerund

1. Your writing skills are good.
2. You are good at writing.

Are there any 'gerund' in the 2 sentences above?
I think 1st one has no 'gerund' and "writing" is an adjective.

Thanks, teachers.
  

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I think the same of the first one. ' Writing ' in the second sentence is a gerund. It is the object of the preposition at there.

— Vsuresh

  • I think the same of the first one.
  • ' Writing ' in the second sentence is a gerund.
  • It is the object of the preposition at there.
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I think the same of the first one.
'Writing' in the second sentence is a gerund. It is the object of the preposition at there.
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Thanks, Vsuresh.

I think,
In the 1st one 'skill' is a noun and "writing" is a modifier of noun, so 'writing' as an adjective.

Please remove my confusion, teachers.

Thanks.
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Hi mizansinha
I think your explanation is right.
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It's certainly being used as a modifier. A modifies is not always exactly the same thing as an adjective, but you can think of it that way.
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mizansinha007Are there any 'gerund' in the 2 sentences above?
Yes, writing; in both sentences.
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Hi teachers,
OK fine, here 'writing' is a noun in the sentence below
mizansinha0071. Your writing skills are good.
Now, Is it possible to write 2 nouns beside each other without comma(,)?

Really, I appreciate your time teachers. Thanks.
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mizansinha0071. Your writing skills are good.
2. You are good at writing.
Are there any gerunds in the 2 sentences above?
Yes, writing in both sentences is a gerund, more specifically a “gerundial noun”. In #1 it functions as pre-head modifier to the noun skills, and in #2 as complement to the p
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