Is there difference between a verb's now form and its gerund?
Is there difference between a verb's now form and its gerund?
Okay so let's take the verb "produce" for this example. This verb's noun form is "production" but can I use "producing" instead with the same meaning?
Examples:
a car production service and a car producing service
He could become rich without producing drugs. and He could become rich without his production of drugs.
Are the meanings the same? Are all correct and interchangeable?
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Sometimes these words have the same meaning, and sometimes they don't. Take the following as an example, and then consider your sentences. 1.
- Sometimes these words have the same meaning, and sometimes they don't.
- Take the following as an example, and then consider your sentences.
- 1.
- His contribution to the conversation made everyone angry.
- 2.
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Sometimes these words have the same meaning, and sometimes they don't. Take the following as an example, and then consider your sentences.
1. His contribution to the conversation made everyone angry.
2. His contributing to the conversation made everyone angry.
In sentence 1, what he actually said made everyone angry, while in sentence 2, his act of offering comments made ever
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