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HelloI'm a little confused--verb to noun conversation1. There are certain verbs which have dedicated noun/Adjective forms/vice versa --- like short/shorten or clear:clarify etc2. In many situations we use the same word(noun) as action word (verb) (by placing relevant articles)It's "a clear" window, noun "To clear" the window(infinitive) or "clearing" the window (gerund)My query =if there is a dedicated noun form(tion, sion, etc) of a verb  or dedicated verb  form of a noun, is it must to use the exact word to represent action or noun how does it workAlso can every noun like in point 2 be used as a verb or are there some nouns which strictly work as noun only.Last question what are the :verbals are these the nouns used to represent action or are these dedicated verbs ThanksJohn

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

anonymousI'm a little confused--verb to noun ~~conversation~~ conversion

anonymousIn many situations we use the same word(noun) as action word (verb)

Yes. There are hundreds of these.

love, hate, worry, tear, dance, risk, press, time, hint, ...

anonymousIf there is a dedicated noun form (tion, sion, etc) of a verb or dedicated verb form of a noun, is it ~~must~~ necessary to use the exact word to represent action or noun?

Yes. You always need the exact form. For example, kindness has the typical noun ending -ness. You cannot use kindness as a verb. pacify has the typical verb ending -ify. You cannot use pacify as a noun.

anonymousAlso can every noun like in point 2 be used as a verb or are there some nouns which strictly work as noun only.

Point 2 is only about words that are the same whether used as a noun or as a verb. These are the ones I mentioned above. There are hundreds of them.

But there are even more words which are only nouns or only verbs.

anonymouswhat are the verbals

"verbal" is an old-fashioned word for a noun that has some resemblance to a verb. I don't think there's a need for you to study it at this point. You can save it for when you are an expert at advanced English grammar and you want to become a professor of English linguistics.

Grammar books do not always define "verbal" in the same way, and some books contradict others about it, so in my opinion it's best not to get too deeply into this.

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

In continuation to above discussion, there is another thread where this is asked but I want you to answer.

1. There are ing words which we categorise as Noun

pending, meaning . Beginning etc , "were these at some point in time also treated as verbals(gerund noun/participle adjective) but with time these were put in category of strict noun/adjective or are these too verbals gerund and present participles not dedicated nouns"

2. I have read phrases like -- Attacking field, what is the costing of the project (infact some job search sites use these sort of phrases very often), I have Heard professionals say my -----working experience, Google use this in their CV format

So are these used as verbals(gerund)

What is I replace working experience with work experience. Or same with other examples

Thanks

John

Anonymous · Answer

Sure thanks

Anonymous · Answer

Hi CJ,

Hope you are doing good, I have got few more questions after going through this topic now.

1. Gerund/present participle vs action verb(ing)

--To be-infinitive-ing represents action verb and --- infinitive+ing represents Gerund/present participle right?

He is going (action)

He likes swimming (gerund)

(We can see differece from meaning as well as from syntax)

Query- is there any way to know using syntax If past participle is used as an Adjective or Action verb or can we judge it only by meaning of the sentence ?

Like -- he is tired(adjective)-- active voice

It was taken(action) to some place-- passive voice

Even though both sentence uses same syntax

2. If we have verb used as Present/past participle(adjective)/gerund as (noun)--in perfect tense

Eg-- he has been tired--

Do we need to say complete sentence or can we cut down the sentence to (simple present)---he's tired --(I have come across many such sentences)

He has been able(adjective) to do it with he is able to do it.

Unlike the case when ing/ed represents an action

--- he has been writing (action) book

Here we must use the complete sentence

-- it has been taken(Action) away

(It's taken away --gives a different meaning to above sentence)

So again we must use perfect tense.

Right? Please explain

Anonymous · Answer

Thankyou CJ for replying

Let me rearrange my last two points, actually my question was quite meaningless, I agree(these are picked from test papers)

I was trying to analyse if

Are there any words- verbs+ing/ed which will only be used to point to an action and never be used as a nouns/adjective?

or vice versa

Any verb ing/ed which are only used as noun or adjective but never used to point to any action?

Also

If a word is used as noun or adjective (gerund/participle)(meaning of sentence or wrecked car)

Can these be used as action verbs as well

Can you tell any sentences where meaning/tired or wrecked used as action words

As far as point 2 is concerned i read it in a book and searched on net where it said the same thing that is why I asked

Thanks again for your time

Anonymous · Answer

Sure.

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