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Zoltán Király Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Gerund followed by another noun
Playing guitar is my hobby.
I think that "playing" is a gerund. Am I right? But gerunds act like nouns. Then we have two nouns "playing" + "guitar" together. Is this a compound noun acting as the subject, or something like this?
I think that "playing" is a gerund. Am I right? But gerunds act like nouns. Then we have two nouns "playing" + "guitar" together. Is this a compound noun acting as the subject, or something like this?
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A gerund, as you probably already know, is an "ing" form of a VERB which has the qualities of both a "verb" and a "noun". It, together with its complements, forms a verb phrase and this verb phrase is then used as noun phrase in a sentence. It, then, does the job of a noun phrase.
- A gerund, as you probably already know, is an "ing" form of a VERB which has the qualities of both a "verb" and a "noun".
- It, together with its complements, forms a verb phrase and this verb phrase is then used as noun phrase in a sentence.
- It, then, does the job of a noun phrase.
- So, in Playing guitar is my hobby , it isn't the word "playing" itself that is acting as a noun, it's the verb phrase "playing guitar" that is acting as a noun phrase.
- In your example, I wouldn't call "playing" a noun.
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A gerund, as you probably already know, is an "ing" form of a VERB which has the qualities of both a "verb" and a "noun". It, together with its complements, forms a verb phrase and this verb phrase is then used as noun phrase in a sentence. It, then, does the job of a noun phrase.
So, in Playing guitar is my hobby, it isn't the word "playing" itself that is acting a
So, in Playing guitar is my hobby, it isn't the word "playing" itself that is acting a
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Wearing a coat in the winter is a good idea.
Now I know "wearing a coat" is a verb phrase acting as a noun phrase. But "in the winter" is a prepositional phrase acting as an adjective. Am I right?
Wearing a coat in the winter is a good idea.
Now I know "wearing a coat" is a verb phrase acting as a noun phrase. But "in the winter" is a prepositional phrase acting as an adjective. Am I right?
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Zoltán KirályI think that "playing" is a gerund. Am I right? But gerunds act like nouns. Then we have two nouns "playing" + "guitar" together. Is this a compound noun acting as the subject, or something like this?Playing is a non-finite verb and the noun guitar is its direct object. In this way playing guitar has the structure of a clause
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