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Bmojtaba Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Gerund

hi

1.i want to know verb+ing is always gerund (it's a noun always??) and it cant be a verb at all???

i.e showing respect for women (showing is gerund here???)

i.e to show (or show)respect for women(to show or show is verb here???)

2.i think it is a grammar that verb which come at the beginning of a sentence must have ing form...
  

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1 -- We need complete sentences. As fragments, they may or may not be gerunds, verbs, etc. 2 -- Not necessarily, though it is common.

— Mister Micawber

  • 1 -- We need complete sentences.
  • As fragments, they may or may not be gerunds, verbs, etc.
  • 2 -- Not necessarily, though it is common.
  • An infinitive can also begin a sentence.
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1 -- We need complete sentences. As fragments, they may or may not be gerunds, verbs, etc.

2 -- Not necessarily, though it is common. An infinitive can also begin a sentence.
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Mentioned examples are definition for words in dictionary....

kindly explain some information about my examples and also we can say every verb+ing form is a gerund???

tnx
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showing respect for women (showing is gerund here??? -- I cannot answer your question without a sentence. If the sentence is 'I hate his showing respect for women', then it is a gerund. If the sentence is 'He is always showing respect for women', then it is a participle.
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please note that my problem is with short senteces that is used for definition of words in english book,

i.e gallant:brave,showing respect for women

i think 'showing' here is gerund,is it true???(i think showin canot be a verb here)

Thanks
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No. Do not try to analyze dictionary definitions for word classes or grammatical structure.
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thanks for your reply and information, but 'no' means that 'having' is a verb in above sentence????

Thanks for your kind of attention
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Where is 'having'? 'Showing' is an adjective.
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I thought 'showing ' is present participle that function as noun here
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It can't be. It's defining an adjective.
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it's really difficult for me to understand below differences...

i.e to show respect for women( 'show' is probably a verb)

i.e showing respect for women('showing' is an adjective)

FOR a second language is difficult to recognize that for example why 'showing' in second sentence is not a verb?

because show is a verb and it can comes at the beginning of a sentenc
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