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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Gerundive

Finite Verb: The form of verb which we look up in dictionary, this form is called base form. e.g. go.

Infinitive Verb: Some books say to+base form of verb makes a Infinitive. But some books call base form form of verb a Infinitive form. e.g. Some books say to go is Infinitive but on the other hand some book say go is simply a Infinitive. Why?

Gerundive: Please tell me what is Gerundive and also give me some examples?
  

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You have an old-fashioned grammar book, Jackson. 'Gerundive' is normally used for Latin verb forms, but it means ' gerund ', the -ing verb form used as a noun, as in The living is easy, and the cotton is high . )

— Mister Micawber

  • You have an old-fashioned grammar book, Jackson.
  • 'Gerundive' is normally used for Latin verb forms, but it means ' gerund ', the -ing verb form used as a noun, as in The living is easy, and the cotton is high .
  • )
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You have an old-fashioned grammar book, Jackson. 'Gerundive' is normally used for Latin verb forms, but it means 'gerund', the -ing verb form used as a noun, as in The living is easy, and the cotton is high.

As for infinitives-- well, the grammar books have a right to vary if they wish, but the full infinitive = 'to'-infinitive (to go, to wash,
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My grammar book also says that base form of verb+ing is called Gerund. Then, in the next section it says base form of verb+ing is called Present Participle. Then, what's the difference between Gerund and Present Participle? To me difference is that Gerund is always used as noun but Present Participl
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Right. Two different names for the same thing, like Cassius Clay and Muhammad Ali.
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0 Hello, I am also trying to get to the bottom of 'gerundive.' Now my old-fashioned grammar book says that a 'gerund' is a noun formed from a verb, e.g. 'The 01i00swimming 02i00is good in Barcelona.' However it goes to say that a 'gerundive' is an 'adjective formed from a noun,' for example, 'a 01i00sliding 02i00scale' or 'a 01i00slop
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0 I am familiar with the term geround, but geroundive is somewhat new to me. This thread is starting to get very interesting to me so I'd like to get down to the bottom of this stuff as well. Looking for more input soon, (or debate).0-
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0 Please someone have a look on this thread. 0-
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0 Just think of it as an01b00 -ing02b00 form and don't try to separate between them. Swan (Practical English Usage) doesn't. 0-
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0Hi Goodman,02br
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