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Silak12 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Cancel doing something?

Hi! everyone.

Could you tell me what "sending" is in the sentence below?

You have to cancel sending the message.

Is it a gerund acting as a noun?

If I say "You have to cancel the sending of the message": is "the sending" still a noun phrase?

Thanks!

  

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It is a gerund. A gerund is the present participle of a verb that is used as a noun in a sentence.

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  • A gerund is the present participle of a verb that is used as a noun in a sentence.
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It is a gerund. A gerund is the present participle of a verb that is used as a noun in a sentence.

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silak12Is it a gerund acting as a noun?

You don't need 'acting as a noun'.

'gerund' = an -ing form that acts as a noun
'gerund acting as a noun' = an -ing form that acts as a noun acting as a noun

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