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Hanuman_2000 Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Gerund

Sir,

All words ending with "ing" are not gerund.
I know that gerund is verb-ing form but I want to know some words having ing ,however, they are not gerund.

Thanks.
  

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A gerund is an -ing form used as a noun ; any other uses are not gerunds: 'I am eating a pretzel'. '

— Mister Micawber

  • A gerund is an -ing form used as a noun ; any other uses are not gerunds: 'I am eating a pretzel'.
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A gerund is an -ing form used as a noun; any other uses are not gerunds:

'I am eating a pretzel'.
'I saw her drinking a beer.'
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Not all words ending in -ing are gerund.
Present participles also end in -ing.
That is, "Verb + ing" falls into either gerund or present participle.
Gerunds play a role of a noun, while participles function as an adjective.
Take a look at the following examples.

He enjoys reading novels. [gerund]
The man reading a book over there is my brother. [present partici
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sing, fling, thing, bring, fledgling, earthling, sting, gosling, duckling, string, building (the noun), bushing, sling, swing, underling, ring, wring, evening, king, sling, inkling, chitterling, offspring, anything, nothing, something, ...

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