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Yellowstarstruck Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Gerund

Hi! Is the below a gerund? Thanks, Fulvio
1. Does your mother go shopping?
  

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yellowstarstruck Hi! Is the below a gerund? Thanks, Fulvio1.

— CalifJim

  • yellowstarstruck Hi!
  • Is the below a gerund?
  • Thanks, Fulvio1.
  • Does your mother go shopping?
  • It's difficult to say whether it's a participle or a gerund.
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yellowstarstruck Hi! Is the below a gerund? Thanks, Fulvio1. Does your mother go shopping?
It's difficult to say whether it's a participle or a gerund. I wonder if it makes any difference.

"go" is intransitive, so it can't take an object or object-like complement. Therefore "shopping" can't be a gerund.

However, the intent is "go and do
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yellowstarstruck Hi! Is the below a gerund? Thanks, Fulvio1. Does your mother go shopping?
I perceive "shopping" to be noun-like in that phrase.
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