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Jacek From Kwidzyn (Pomesania) Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
english verbs used as nouns & the gerund form
Hello,
which verbs can be used in sentences as nouns? Are tre any rules? I mean that not always gerund forms (-ing) are used or needed.
e.g.
(v) to spin : to turn round and round quickly
(n) a spin : a quick turning movement round and round
(gerund form) : spinning << also a noun
What a difference does it make for a native speaker for him/her to use "spin" or "spinning" ?
I can imagine that "spinning" gives a "more continous" impression.. Am I right?
What a rule can be applied here to use a verb like a noun?
thank you in advance,
best regards,
Jacek
which verbs can be used in sentences as nouns? Are tre any rules? I mean that not always gerund forms (-ing) are used or needed.
e.g.
(v) to spin : to turn round and round quickly
(n) a spin : a quick turning movement round and round
(gerund form) : spinning << also a noun
What a difference does it make for a native speaker for him/her to use "spin" or "spinning" ?
I can imagine that "spinning" gives a "more continous" impression.. Am I right?
What a rule can be applied here to use a verb like a noun?
thank you in advance,
best regards,
Jacek
Top answer
Hello Jacek I'm not an English native speaker, but could you allow me to put my 2 cents? The original sense of "spin" is to make threads from some material like wool. , "making some threads".
- Hello Jacek I'm not an English native speaker, but could you allow me to put my 2 cents?
- The original sense of "spin" is to make threads from some material like wool.
- , "making some threads".
- , in 19th century when the verb "spin" had already begun to be used in the sense of "turn around".
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Hello Jacek
I'm not an English native speaker, but could you allow me to put my 2 cents?
The original sense of "spin" is to make threads from some material like wool. So the noun "spinning" is commonly used in this sense, i.e., "making some threads". The noun "spin" was coined relatively recently, i.e., in 19th century when the verb "spin" had already begun to be used in the se
I'm not an English native speaker, but could you allow me to put my 2 cents?
The original sense of "spin" is to make threads from some material like wool. So the noun "spinning" is commonly used in this sense, i.e., "making some threads". The noun "spin" was coined relatively recently, i.e., in 19th century when the verb "spin" had already begun to be used in the se
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The -ing form creates the meaning "the act of -ing" or "the process of -ing". Other related noun forms do not necessarily create that sort of meaning.
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Analyzing those sentences was very instructive.
(The process of analyzing those sentences ...)
We need to do more sentence [analysis / *analyzing].
(Here "analyzing" would not be correct.)
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