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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Gerunds

is Sitting in the chimney-corner a gerund
  

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Hi, is Sitting in the chimney-corner a gerund He was sitting in the chimney-corner. not a gerund Sitting in the chimney-corner is nice. gerund phrase Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, is Sitting in the chimney-corner a gerund He was sitting in the chimney-corner.
  • not a gerund Sitting in the chimney-corner is nice.
  • gerund phrase Clive
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Hi,

is Sitting in the chimney-corner a gerund

He was sitting in the chimney-corner. not a gerund

Sitting in the chimney-corner is nice. gerund phrase



Clive
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Anonymousis Sitting in the chimney-corner a gerund

As Clive has illustrated, we have to ask, "In which sentence?" Being a gerund depends on usage in a sentence. It's like this: You don't have a sensible question if you ask "Is heat a noun"? The reason is that you haven't used heat in a sentence.

It could be a verb: Don'
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